I join you therefore in branding as cowardly the idea that the human mind is incapable of further advances.
Thomas JeffersonThe 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
Thomas JeffersonIt is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off the authority of names so artificially magnified.
Thomas JeffersonThere is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provision should be made to prevent its ascendency.
Thomas Jefferson