Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

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No people can be both ignorant and free.
 
In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.
 
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. 
 
When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny. 
 
The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.
 
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