Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error. - Thomas Jefferson
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Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826) was author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1777), founder of the University of Virginia (1819), the third president of the United States (1801–1809), a political philosopher, editor of Jefferson's Bible (1819), and one of the most influential founders of the United States.
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He who steadily observes the moral precepts in which all religions concur, will never be questioned at the gates of heaven as to the dogmas in which they all differ.
If you want something you've never had You must be willing to do something you've never done.
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