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Thomas Jefferson Quotes about Innovation

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The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared, nor I.

The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared, nor I.

Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.27, Cambridge University Press

Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.

Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1808-1816”, p.31, Cosimo, Inc.

I am not myself apt to be alarmed at innovations recommended by reason. That dread belongs to those whose interests or prejudices shrink from the advance of truth and science.

Thomas Jefferson (2011). “The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7: 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814”, p.210, Princeton University Press