Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education and free discussion are the antidotes of both. (Thomas Jefferson)

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.

Thomas Jefferson

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