No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and...

In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and...

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government....

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be...

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make...

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make...

In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the peoples office.

In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the peoples office.