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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.

— Thomas Jefferson

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

I would like to enlighten people.

— Sammy Hagar

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light.

— Boris Pasternak

Human beings, we have dark sides; we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life, you have to face your demons.

— John Noble

I think life without spirit is in the dark, it is absurd.

— Ang Lee

In earthly life, a person can conceal whether evil or good is active in his soul. After death, this is no longer possible. The spirit form presents after death the physiognomical expression of what the person was on earth.

— Rudolf Steiner

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.

— Plato

As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.

— Juliana Hatfield

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

— Desiderius Erasmus

✗Opposing Perspectives

The heart of man will always be dark. There will always be evil people. The problem is that there is nothing we can humanly do to change them.

— Leon Bridges