Thomas Jefferson Quote 

"God who gave us life gave us liberty.
And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure
if we have removed their only firm basis:
a conviction in the minds of men
that these liberties are the gift of God?
That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?
Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just;
that His justice cannot sleep forever."

by:
Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
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 -- Anonymous 
It is funny that he, the third President of the U.S., had the foresight to see a problem that we faced and had no choice but to deal with in the 1800's (that slavery is wrong), and a problem we are now facing (that this is one nation under God). Will we respond with the same courage as Abraham Lincoln, or will we melt and continue trying to write God out of the roots of this country?
 -- Larry, Kansas City
 
Isn't it funny how people insist that Jefferson was an athiest?
 -- Lela, Indianapolis
 
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