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Let those flatter who fear it is not an American art .
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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Is uniformity of opinion desirable? No more than that of face and stature.
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The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from [the clergy].
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Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence.
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The Christian god is a being of terrific character - cruel, vindictive, capricious and unjust.
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One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.
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On a hot day in Virginia, I know nothing more comforting than a fine spiced pickle, brought up trout-like from the sparkling depths of the aromatic jar below the stairs of Aunt Sally's cellar.
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While the principles of our Constitution give just latitude to inquiry, every citizen faithful to it will deem embodied expressions of discontent and open outrages of law and patriotism as dishonorable as they are injurious
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I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern.
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[All religious sects] dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversion of the duperies in which they live.
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