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 laws. And we have experienced the quiet as well as the comfort which results from leaving every one to profess freely and openly those principles of religion which are the inductions of his own reason and the serious convictions of his own inquiries.
Thomas JeffersonIn Europe the object is to make the most of their land, labour being abundant: here it is to make the most of our labour, land being abundant.
Thomas JeffersonExperience has proved to us that a dollar of silver disappears for every dollar of paper emitted.
Thomas JeffersonLiberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free.
Thomas JeffersonI concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the being worshipped by many who think themselves Christians.
Thomas Jefferson