Thomas #Jefferson to John Norvell

Source: https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_speechs29.html

I will add, that the man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors. He who reads nothing will still learn the great facts, and the details are all false.

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