Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

by Jon Meacham

though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

The marketplace, however, should decide. Censorship should be in the hands of the people.

I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions … but I know also that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human