Thomas Jefferson
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It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.
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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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I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.
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Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.
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I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.