This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human…

Thomas Jefferson
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This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, not tolerate error as long as reason is left free to combat it. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretary of state, p.196
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