Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat…

Thomas Jefferson
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Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. ✨ First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801
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Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. ✨ First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801

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