The day is not distant when we must bear and adopt [the abolition of slavery], or worse will follow.
Thomas JeffersonLiberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free.
Thomas JeffersonIf a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be ... The People cannot be safe without information. When the press is free, and every man is able to read, all is safe.
Thomas Jefferson