Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor – over each other. –

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Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor – over each other. –

-- Thomas Jefferson

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The opinions of men are not the object of civil government nor under its jurisdiction. –

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I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry…

-- Thomas Jefferson

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