...which have recently been recalled both by the present Prime Minister and the present governor-general. Some men look at Constitutions with sanctimonious...and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. . . Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. . . We might as...

...was not one of them- "look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe...and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment." Nineteen years, he pointed out once again- how easily Jefferson must have composed these letters- was...

...anti-Federalist sentiment. Jefferson had written a letter to Samuel Kercheval in 1816, commenting, "Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched." Although "not an advocate for frequent and untried...

...see if it hangs directly on the will of the people. To Samuel Kercheval, Monticello, July 12, 1816 Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious...amendment. I knew that age well; I belonged to it, and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present, but without the experience...

...exhibited. Comfortably retired at Monticello, Jefferson reflected on all that had occurred and what awaited: Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious...amendment. I knew that age well; I belonged to it, and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present but without the experience...

...Arendt's On Revolution (1963) cites to similar effect Jefferson's intense opposition to "those who 'look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence,...them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.1" Endorsing Jefferson's rejection of "the injustice that only [the framers'] generation should...

...improvement of our society. He voiced this sentiment in a letter to Samuel Kercheval on July 12, 1816: Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom...

...shrine, Jefferson ridiculed those who looked on constitutions with "sanctimonious reverence and deemed them like the Ark of the Covenant too sacred to be touched." He touted his party as following "the guidance of . . . theory."2o In countries "left free," the forms...

...scientific importance of universal theories. CHAPTER 29 Allocation, redistribution, and public choice Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious...amendment. I knew that age well; I belonged to it; and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present, but without the experience...

...the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom. July 12,1816 On the Constitution. (MCM IV, 289) Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious...amendment. I knew that age well: I belonged to it, and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present, but without the experience...