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monarchy (2) reverence for laws (2) judgment (2) power (2) obedience (1) ethics (1) religions, creeds (1) induction (1) a priori (1) mercy (1)

Laws ... proportionate and mild should never be dispensed with. Let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge be a mere machine.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Letter, August 26, 1776, to Edmund Pendleton. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 1, p. 505, ed. Julian P. Boyd, et al. (1950).

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