Jefferson - relayed by McKellan

So, Ian McKellan (Gandalf in the LotR films) was on Bill Maher tonight and he quoted Jefferson - "But I know, also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times." --Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816. (thanks to Dissento @dKos for the tip)

I have nothing to add - I just think it bears frequent repeating.