I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.
Thomas Jefferson to Francis Hopkinson, 1789.
The recent Times article has rallied conservatives around the liberal icon John McCain in an amazing example of group think. Two centuries ago Thomas Jefferson knew of our potential for this and wrote to a friend about it. Do not suspend reason. Politics is not us versus them. It should be based on your principles not parties.
Monday, February 25, 2008
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