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Wherever The People Are Well-Informed
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The Good Sense of The People
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Educate And Inform The Whole Mass of The People
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The Preservation of Our Liberty
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States. He also founded the University of Virginia. Here, he explained why public education is essential to our survival as a nation: “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance…
Wasting The Labor of The People
“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson
Sinful And Tyrannical
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” – Thomas Jefferson
Tyranny Over The Mind of Man
Thomas Jefferson said, “I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
The Declaration of Independence
On July 4, 1776, the thirteen English colonies declared themselves to be a free and independent nation, by signing the Declaration of Independence. And the United States of America was born. The Declaration of Independence contains these immortal words written by Thomas Jefferson: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that…