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title: "12 Enlighten People Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [I would like to enlighten people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-hagar/i-would-like-to-enlighten-people/)

[Sammy Hagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-hagar/)

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> [It's my duty to enlighten people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/it-s-my-duty-to-enlighten-people/)

[Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/)

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> [“It is our responsibility to enlighten our people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/it-is-our-responsibility-to-enlighten-our-people/)

[Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/)

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> [If we want to enlighten people or give them new thoughts and ideas, we have to be willing to do the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-mock/if-we-want-to-enlighten-people-or-give-them-new-thoughts-and-ideas-we/)

[Janet Mock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-mock/)

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> [“Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/enlighten-the-people-generally-and-tyranny-and-opressions-of-the-body/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/enlighten-the-people-generally-and-tyranny-and-oppressions-of-body/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-love-any-time-you-can-enlighten-people-to-mistakes-that-s-how-i/)

[Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/)

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> [It is not right to walk alone on the golden road of truth! Enlighten as many people as you can and walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/it-is-not-right-to-walk-alone-on-the-golden-road-of-truth-enlighten/)

[Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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> [To enlighten people by reminding them the irrationality of their beliefs is an act more honest and more important than the act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/to-enlighten-people-by-reminding-them-the-irrationality-of-their/)

[Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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> [I don't want to change people's opinions to my political opinion; I want to enlighten people and make them think about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-conover/i-don-t-want-to-change-people-s-opinions-to-my-political-opinion-i/)

[Adam Conover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-conover/)

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> [It is often too easy to explain a novel idea to a few enlightened persons with a few words. But to enlighten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anuj/it-is-often-too-easy-to-explain-a-novel-idea-to-a-few-enlightened/)

[Anuj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anuj/)

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> [“The Supreme Buddha’s main goal was to enlighten people, so that they could live in harmony. Do you know what happened instead?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominique-francon/the-supreme-buddha-s-main-goal-was-to-enlighten-people-so-that-they/)

[Dominique Francon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominique-francon/)

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