Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will etern…

Thomas Jefferson
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Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, p.228, Rowman & Littlefield
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