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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be rea

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read. – Thomas Jefferson

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The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. – Thomas Jefferson

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Slavery
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Thomas Jefferson
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The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. – Thomas Jefferson

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good
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You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there. – Natalie Portman

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The humanists replacement for religion: work really hard and somehow youll either save yourself or youll be immortal. Of course, thats a total joke, and our progress is nothing. There may be progress in technology but theres no ethical progress whatsoever. – David Bowie

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There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul. – Johannes Tauler

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Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it. – Christopher Morley, Thunder on the Left

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