Thomas Paine quote: Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing ...

Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing of itself, but is only the absence of knowledge; and though man may be kept ignorant, he cannot be made ignorant.

~ Thomas Paine ~

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