> Keep running back to the well for those Jefferson quotes.
Doesn't matter who said it. History is what it is, and the fact is that American law derived from English common law, derived from pagan Saxon common law. Deal with it. You owe your civilization in large part to a bunch of wacky German Viking-types. Grow up, learn to deal with it and get on with life.
Repeat it as much as you want if it makes you feel better. Won't make it any more true.