If they exert it not for good, they will for evil if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
Frances Wright
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- If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.
- Equality is the soul of liberty there is, in fact, no liberty without it.
- How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge - just knowledge not talent, not genius, not inventive mental powers.
- All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
- If they exert it not for good, they will for evil if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.