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The only foundation for useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion.
Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1743
Born: April 2
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
3Rd U.S. President
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In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion without imputing to them criminality.
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No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa & America.
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