The good old Dominion, the blessed mother of us all. - Thomas Jefferson

A Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between church and State.

I have always said, and always will say, that the studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.