Oct 10, 2016

Whilest we have Freedom, Jefferson

"Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both. We are destined to be a barrier against the returns of ignorance and barbarism."

Thomas Jefferson, Adams-Jefferson Letters

We have spent the prime of our lives in procuring them the precious blessing of liberty. Let them spend theirs in shewing that it is the great parent of science and of virtue; and that a nation will be great in both, always in proportion as it is free.

Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Dr. Willard

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