Jefferson's most fundamental political belief was an "absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority." Stemming from his deep optimism in human reason, Jefferson believed that the will of the people, expressed through elections, provided the most appropriate guidance for directing the republic's course.
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Greek influence. Roman literature owes a debt to the Greeks, more specifically Athens. This indebtedness to Greece was even recognized by the writers themselves. Horace, one of the poets of the Golden Age of Roman literature wrote that Greece introduced the arts "into a backward Latium."
In the early 1700's South Carolina raised the import duties on slaves coming from the West Indies, which most likely resulted in C; More slaves being imported directly from Africa. This is so because it was relatively cheaper to import directly from Africa opposed to the West Indies.
