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Quote from Thomas Jefferson,


"I have sworn upon the altar of God
eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."


By:

Thomas Jefferson (more quotes by Thomas Jefferson or books by/about Thomas Jefferson)


(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

Source:

a letter written to Benjamin Rush in 1800 in response to Rush's warning about the Philadelphia clergy attacking Jefferson. Carved at the top of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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America, Disarmament, Freedom, God, Liberty, President, Propaganda, Religion, Vigilance

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