The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reaso…

Thomas Jefferson
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The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. ✨ James Madison, Thomas Jefferson (1835). Resolutions of Virginia and Kentucky, p.53
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