Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the…

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Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.

Thomas Jefferson

1779

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Topic

Power of truth Truth and error

Time

1779

Person

Thomas Jefferson

Provenance

Current citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1779." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

Original citation

Jefferson, Thomas. A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom. 18 June 1779.