Free exchange of ideas

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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic

Power of ideas Free exchange of ideas

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Issac McPherson. 13 Aug. 1813.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "Issac McPherson, Aug. 13, 1813." 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.

We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic

Faith in reason Free exchange of ideas

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Source

Letters of Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to William Roscoe. 27 Dec. 1820.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "William Roscoe, Dec. 27, 1820." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Free exchange of ideas

Author

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Language

English

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Southey's Colloquies on Society." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1830.

But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe even more than they believe the very foundations of their own conduct that the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas—that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out. That at any rate, is the theory of our Constitution. It is an experiment, as all life is an experiment.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Abrams v. United States

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Free exchange of ideas

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Source

Abrams v. United States

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. United States, Supreme Court. Abrams v. United States. United States Report, vol. 250, 10 Nov. 1919, pp. 616-631. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/250/616/.