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Thomas Jefferson Quotes:

Ocupation: 3rd U.S. President

Life: April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826

Birthday: April 13

Death: July 4

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 Jefferson

source: Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private : Published by the Order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the Original Manuscripts, Deposited in the Department of State”, p.139

topic: Religious, Order, Law, Laws And Government, Christian Father, Christian Freedom, Christian Right, Christianity And Government, Founding Fathers Religion, Religious Freedom, Religion And Government, Freedom Of Religion, Separation Of Church And State, Hate Religion

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