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Quotation by Thomas Jefferson
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American Declaration of Independence (1776) published in The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 1, ed. Julian P. Boyd (1950)American Declaration of Independence (1776), published in The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 1, ed. Julian P. Boyd (1950)Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul L. Ford (1899)First Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 8, 1801First Inaugural Address The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Andrew A. Lipscomb (1904)
Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Notes on the State of Virginia (1787), Query 6, p. 33, ed. William Peden (1954).
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