Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation wil…

Thomas Jefferson
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Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, p.110, Rowman & Littlefield
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