Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothin…

Thomas Jefferson
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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. ✨ A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom (1779)
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