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“We are men, all subject to errors. Our opinions are not in our power. They are formed and governed much by circumstances that are often as inexplicable as they are irresistible.”
― Davidson Butler, Franklin

“There are, Jefferson said, two classes of “disputants” that are especially common. The “first is . . . young students . . . the other consists of the ill-tempered & rude men in society, who have taken up a passion for politics.” From both, Jefferson urged, “keep aloof, as you would from the infected subjects of yellow fever or pestilence. Consider yourself, when with them, as among the patients of Bedlam, needing medical more than moral counsel.”
― Davidson Butler, President Jefferson