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Thomas Jefferson Quotes: If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
         

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.


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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
         



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