I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution. (Thomas Jefferson)

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.

Thomas Jefferson

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