In a letter of August 13, 1786, to George Wythe, a friend and a cosigner of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson wrote: “I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowledge among the people.
دوست گرامیم ،‏ جهادی را بر ضد جهالت اعلام کن ؛‏ قانون آموزش مردم عادی را وضع و اجرا کن .‏