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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Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

Traveling makes a man wiser, but less happy.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious...

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the...

Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the...

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The evidence of the natural rights of expatriation, like that of our right to life,...

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but...

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of...

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of...

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as...