This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force.
Thomas JeffersonTo penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.
Thomas JeffersonReason and free inquiry are the only effective agents against error. Give a loose to them, they will support the true religion by bringing every false one to their tribunal, to the test of their investigation. They are the natural enemies of error and error only. Had not the Roman government permitted free inquiry, Christianity could never have been introduced. Had not free inquiry been indulged at the era of the Reformation, the corruption of Christianity could not have been purged away.
Thomas Jefferson