Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body an…

Thomas Jefferson
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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, John Dewey (2008). The Essential Jefferson, p.86, Courier Corporation
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