...went on to quote Jefferson's famous observation "As new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must change also and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear the coat which fitted...

...close my testimony with the words of Thomas Jefferson directly from walls of the Jefferson Memorial: "I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws...circumstances institutions must advance also to keep up with the times." And I ask you once again for the big miracle. Let us move to a new hybrid form...

...body politic, war? Perhaps the words of Thomas Jefferson may be of some help in this context — / am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and...truths discovered, and manners and opinions change, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the time. We might as well require a man to wear still...

...us by our very founding fathers, for it was Thomas Jefferson who told us: "I am not an advocate of frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws...discovered, and manners and opinions change, with the changes of circumstances institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times." Therefore, it...

...As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. (Writings 1401) Change should not be whimsical or unduly frequent, nor...

...As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times."23 If new conditions doom old institutions, they also present new opportunities...

...As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. [1816 Letter to Samuel Kercheval] T*TI cannot omit recommending a revisal...

...As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him...

...Jefferson wrote that "Laws and institutions must go hand-in-hand with the progress of the human mind. As new discoveries are 'made, new truths discovered, and manners and opinions change, institutions must advance to keep pace with those times." As lawmakers, we may not always be able to...

...As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also and keep pace with the times. (Malone 1981, 349) The Framers gave us a blueprint, not a prescription,...