"Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless, by human interposition, disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.
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“Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely gives him comfortable subsistence.”
“If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?”
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