Thomas Jefferson, the leading Enlightenment figure in the United States, along with Benjamin Franklin, who took exactly the same view, argued that dependence will lead to "subservience and venality", and will "suffocate the germs of virtue". And remember, by dependence… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It never occurred to any Enlightenment figure in the eighteenth century that law was not preferable to man. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
