I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws
and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go
hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
As that becomes more developed, more enlightened,
as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and
manners and opinions change, with the circumstances,
institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.
We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which
fitted him he a boy as a civilized society to remain ever
under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go
hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.
As that becomes more developed, more enlightened,
as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and
manners and opinions change, with the circumstances,
institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.
We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which
fitted him he a boy as a civilized society to remain ever
under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
Thomas Jefferson
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