--- title: "8 Jefferson memorial Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Jefferson memorial quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Jefferson memorial sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/dave-grohl-1713_cbgb_cbgb-represents-a-lot-to-new-york-city-a_71457.png" --- > [CBGB represents a lot to New York City and to underground rock and to new wave and post-punk and whatever. But, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-grohl/cbgb-represents-a-lot-to-new-york-city-and-to-underground-rock-and-to/) [Dave Grohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-grohl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/dave-grohl-1713_cbgb_cbgb-represents-a-lot-to-new-york-city-a_71457.png) > [It is an axiom in my mind that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-an-axiom-in-my-mind-that-our-liberty-can-never-be-safe-but-in/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/thomas-jefferson-43_certain_it-is-an-axiom-in-my-mind-that-our-liber_146606.jpg) > [To walk into the Jefferson memorial is to be in a temple of the pure idolatry of reason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scot-mcknight/to-walk-into-the-jefferson-memorial-is-to-be-in-a-temple-of-the-pure/) [Scot McKnight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scot-mcknight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/scot-mcknight-10650_idolatry_to-walk-into-the-jefferson-memorial-is-t_243270.jpg) > [If you're going to come to D.C. and it's your first time here, see the view from the bottom of the Washington…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-doolittle/if-you-re-going-to-come-to-d-c-and-it-s-your-first-time-here-see-the/) [Sean Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-doolittle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/sean-doolittle-15057_beautiful_if-you-re-going-to-come-to-d-c-and-it-s_444769.jpg) > [There is a fundamental difference between separation of church and state and denying the spiritual heritage of this country. Inscribed on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/there-is-a-fundamental-difference-between-separation-of-church-and/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/ronald-reagan-119_church_there-is-a-fundamental-difference-betwee_739046.jpg) > [Directly down the lawn and accross the Ellipse from the White House are those ordered, classic lines of the Jefferson Memorial and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/directly-down-the-lawn-and-accross-the-ellipse-from-the-white-house/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/ronald-reagan-119_classic_directly-down-the-lawn-and-accross-the-e_2259621.jpg) > [Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/nothing-is-more-certainly-written-in-the-book-of-fate-than-that-these-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/thomas-jefferson-43_book_nothing-is-more-certainly-written-in-the_2668289.jpg) > [“When the boys were little, I used to take them to the gleaming white Jefferson Memorial at the edge of the Tidal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khizr-khan/when-the-boys-were-little-i-used-to-take-them-to-the-gleaming-white/) [Khizr Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khizr-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/khizr-khan-62544_civilized-society_when-the-boys-were-little-i-used-to-take_3040116.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jefferson-memorial/#itemlist", "name": "Jefferson memorial Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "CBGB represents a lot to New York City and to underground rock and to new wave and post-punk and whatever. 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