Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what … - Thomas Jefferson

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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.

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Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826) was author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1777), founder of the University of Virginia (1819), the third president of the United States (1801–1809), a political philosopher, editor of Jefferson's Bible (1819), and one of the most influential founders of the United States.

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Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be. - Thomas Jefferson

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