I am anxious to see the doctrine of one god commenced in our state. But the population of my neighborhood is too slender, and is too much divided into other sects to maintain any one preacher well. I must therefore be contented to be an Unitarian by myself, although I know there are many around me who would become so, if once they could hear the questions fairly stated.


The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1816-1826 (ed. 2010)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

I am anxious to see the doctrine of one god commenced in our state. But the population of my neighborhood is too slender, and is too much divided...

I am anxious to see the doctrine of one god commenced in our state. But the population of my neighborhood is too slender, and is too much divided...

I am anxious to see the doctrine of one god commenced in our state. But the population of my neighborhood is too slender, and is too much divided...

I am anxious to see the doctrine of one god commenced in our state. But the population of my neighborhood is too slender, and is too much divided...