Religion Is A Subject On Which I

Letters Are Not The First, But The Last Step In The Progression From Barbarism To Civilisation.

History, I Believe, Furnishes No Example Of A Priest-ridden People Maintaining A Free Civil Government.

I Served With General Washington In Die Legislature Of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin In Congress. I Never Heard Neither Of Them Speak Ten Minutes At A Time, Nor To Any But The Main Point.

How To Check These Unconstitutional Invasions Of Rights By The Federal Judiciary? Not By Impeachment In The First Instance, But By A Strong Protestation Of Both Houses Of Congress That Such And Such Doctrines Advanced By The Supreme Court Are Contrary To The Constitution; And If Afterwards They Relapse Into The Same Heresies, Impeach And Set The Whole Adrift. For What Was The Government Divided Into Three Branches, But That Each Should Watch Over The Others And Oppose Their Usurpations?

Only Aim To Do Your Duty, And Mankind Will Give You Credit Where You Fail.