Logo
Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sec

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor – over each other. – Thomas Jefferson

Other quotes by Thomas Jefferson

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion. – Thomas Jefferson

Category:
Society
Author
Thomas Jefferson
Read Quote

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. – Thomas Jefferson

Category:
Religion
Author
Thomas Jefferson
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Religion
category

Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. – Anita Brookner

Category:
Religion

The Bible is literature, not dogma. – George Santayana

Category:
Religion

God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning. – Imamu Amiri Baraka

Category:
Religion

Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats, then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure. – Fred Allen

Category:
Religion

Random Quotes

People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made. – Joan Rivers

Category:
Happiness

I may be learning guitar, but Ill never be able to sing. – David Duchovny

Category:
Learning

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. – Mason Cooley

Category:
Faith

I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because thats what gets a dinner party off to a fun start. – Ina Garten

Category:
smile