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Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Thomas Jefferson quotes about religious

American President April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826

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Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state,' therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society. Thomas Jefferson
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of..."
The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them. Thomas Jefferson
[All religious sects] dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight; and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversion of the duperies in which they live. Thomas Jefferson
I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson quote: "Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious..."
Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry. Thomas Jefferson

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