“I think by far the most important bill in our whole code, is that for the diffusion of knowledge among people. No other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom and happiness… The tax which will be paid for this purpose is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.”
— Thomas Jefferson to George Wythe, 1786
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