All Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and in-grafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against the civil and… Been
- Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his… Account
- Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects, were the public… Avoid
- No religious reading, instruction or exercise, shall be prescribed or practiced [in the elementary schools] inconsistent with the tenets of any religious sect or denomination. Any
- We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and obedience to the… Christianity
- In our early struggles for liberty, religious freedom could not fail to become a primary object. Christianity
- The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God, like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the blood of thousands… Birth
- The whole history of these books (i.e. the Gospels) is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt minute enquiry into it: and… Attempt
- Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him (i.e. Jesus) by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the… Absurdity
- It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it (i.e. the Book of Revelations), and I then considered it merely the ravings of… Book
- His [Calvin's] religion was demonism. If ever man worshiped a false God, he did. The being described in his five points is ... a demon… All
- I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results… Any
- Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that… All
- [T]hat the opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his… All
- I consider the government of the U.S. as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. Consider
- The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by… All
- Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most agreeable to His… Agreeable
- The rights [to religious freedom] are of the natural rights of mankind, and ... if any act shall be ... passed to repeal [an act… Act
- Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors? Fallible men; men governed by bad passions, by private as well as public reasons. And… Bad
- Certain teachings in the Bible are as diamonds in a dung-heap. Bible
- Having seen the people of all other nations bowed down to the earth under the wars and prodigalities of their rulers, I have cherished their… All
- Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war. Acquiescence
- The price if freedom us eternal vigilance. Eternal
- My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society,… Abolition
- We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies. Brave