No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
Thomas JeffersonHistory teaches the young the virtues of freedom. By apprising them of the past it will enable them to judge the future.
Thomas JeffersonThe contradictory experiments of chemists leave us at liberty to conclude what we please. My conclusion is, that art has not yet invented sufficient aids to enable such subtle bodies [air, light, &c.] to make a well-defined impression on organs as blunt as ours; that it is laudable to encourage investigation but to hold back conclusion.
Thomas Jefferson