Thomas Jefferson quotes on Democracy and Education

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

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