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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Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

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...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

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.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and...

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

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 consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of...

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow...

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

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

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook...

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,...

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

One man with courage is a majority.

One man with courage is a majority.

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the...

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the...