Thomas Jefferson quote: I never did or countenanced in public life a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith ...

I never did or countenanced in public life a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith having never believed there was one code of morality for a public and another for a private man.

~ Thomas Jefferson ~

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