Thread: Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use
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Old 07-30-08, 08:43 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Where does that "tyranny of the masses" concept come from? Here's a link to a whole series of letters and speeches that indicate that Jefferson felt just the opposite.
http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/...s/jeff0500.htm
My apologies. It was Alexis de Tocqueville. I knew it was some dead guy.
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