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We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1743
Born: April 2
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
3Rd U.S. President
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The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another.
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Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
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Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.
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[My] pillar of support through life.... I can say conscientiously that I do not know in the world a man of purer integrity, more dispassionate, disinterested, and devoted to genuine Republicanism nor could I in the whole scope of America and Europe point out an abler head.
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I have examined all of the known superstitions of the world and i do not find our superstitions of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all founded on fables and mythology. Christianity has made one-half of the world fools and the other half Hypocrites
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Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day.
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The persons and property of our citizens are entitled to the protection of our government in all places where they may lawfully go.
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ONLY a government that is AFRAID of its citizens tries to control them.
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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.
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Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
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The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.
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Every generation needs a new revolution.
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No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.
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The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.
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One man with courage is a majority.
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One had rather have no opinion than a false one.
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I am a Christian in the only sense in which He wished anyone to be: sincerely attached to His doctrines in preference to all others.
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