No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs always to the living generation.
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Original Citation
Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Madison. 6 Sept. 1789.
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Current Citation
Jefferson, Thomas. "James Madison, Sept. 6, 1789." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.
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