Thomas Jefferson Quote

Quote from Thomas Jefferson,

"We shall have our follies without doubt. Some one or more of them will always be afloat. But ours will be the follies of enthusiasm, not of bigotry, not of Jesuitism. Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both."

By:	Thomas Jefferson (more quotes by Thomas Jefferson or books by/about Thomas Jefferson)
	(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
Source:	letter to John Adams, August 1, 1816
Categories:	Civil Rights, Diversity, Education, Equality, Morals, President, Racism, Religion, Skepticism, Tolerance, Virtue
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