If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, then and only then will truth, prevail over fanaticism

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned,...

Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned,...

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

No one can be reasonable and angry at the same time

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his...

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

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...

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 am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

I am for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible savings of...

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

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

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause...

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion