Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that...

We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like...

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of...

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of...

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of...

Among the most inestimable of our blessings, also, is that.. of liberty to worship our...

Among the most inestimable of our blessings, also, is that.. of liberty to worship our...

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the...

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the...

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.