"The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government."Thomas Jefferson to the Citizens of Washington County, Maryland, March 3rd, 1809.
Learning From Our Past
"We liberate slaves chiefly for the purpose of making out of them as many citizens as possible; we give our allies a share in the government that our numbers may increase; yet you, Romans of the original stock, including Quintii, Valerii, Iulli, are eager that your families and names at once shall perish with you." — Caesar Augustus addressing Roman knights
"In our time all Greece was visited by a dearth of children and general decay of population ... This evil grew upon us rapidly, and without attracting attention, by our men becoming perverted to a passion for show and money and the pleasures of an idle life." — Polybius Circa 140 B.C.
The California Civil Rights Foundation understands how important lessons from the past can be. Today, let us benefit from the very difficult lessons taught in our past by embracing eternal truths and protecting our civil and humans rights in present.
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