Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Work

Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson

This compilation offers a comprehensive look into the personal and professional life of Thomas Jefferson, showcasing his thoughts, experiences, and insights through a variety of written forms. more

Author

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States, a distinguished politician, philosopher, architect, and scientist. He was born on April 13, 1743, and died on July 4, 1826. Jefferson advocated for democracy and freedom in politics and was one of the main authors of the Declaration of Independence. His political ideas had a profound impact on the founding and development of the United States. more

You May Also Like

“The so-called godly man may be more likely to do serious wrong than a man who deeply questions himself. The 'godly man' often zealously follows religious precepts that, in the end, justify an unjust injury to others, while the questioning man, addressing his own conscience, may have the better chance to consider all the circumstances and come to the just decision.”

MenMayEndsReligionReligiousChanceDecisionSeriousCircumstancesConscienceInjuryJustifyQuestioningUnjustGodlyGodly Man
Book:Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life
Create image

“It forms a strong presumption against all supernatural and miraculous relations, that they are observed chiefly to abound among ignorant and barbarous nations; or if a civilized people has ever given admission to any of them, that people will be found to have received them from ignorant and barbarous ancestors.”

PeopleIfsFormReligionFoundStrongGivenNationsRelationIgnorantCivilizedAncestorMiraculousAdmissionPresumption
Book:Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects
Create image

“In any open question, we should argue from what we do know to what we do not know. We do know that fervent legends and stubborn myths arise easily and naturally. We do not know that dead people rise from the grave.”

PeopleKnowsShouldReligionMythArguingGravesAriseLegendsStubbornDead PeopleFervent
Book:Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
Create image

“The 'law of wills and causes,' formulated by Comte, . . . is that when men do not know the natural causes of things, they simply attribute them to wills like their own; thus they obtain a theory which provisionally takes the place of science, and this theory forms a basis for theology.”

KnowsMenFormLawReligionCausesNaturalTheoryBasesTheologyAttributes
Book:A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom: From Creation to the Victory of Scientific and Literary Methods
Create image