Here's a curious one:
"Some people will believe anything, so long as it eliminates the awful requirement of thought. Our electors are like a cork in a bathtub, they bound joyfully about the tub without direction of plan, until the master of the System gives them direction and instruction...more »
I suspect this isn't Jefferson, as many claim: "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
There are some close variations on it, some of which have a real Jefferson quote appended as part of it. Just trying to source it very quickly, the...more »
Here's a curious one: "Some people will believe anything, so long as it eliminates the awful requirement of thought. Our electors are like a cork in a bathtub, they bound joyfully about the tub without direction of plan, until the master of the System gives them direction and instruction...more »
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I suspect this isn't Jefferson, as many claim: "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." There are some close variations on it, some of which have a real Jefferson quote appended as part of it. Just trying to source it very quickly, the...more »