Thomas Jefferson Quote

It is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read. By the same test the world must judge me. But this does not satisfy the priesthood. They must have a positive, a declared assent to all their interested absurdities. My opinion is that there would never have been an infidel, if there had never been a priest.


Letter to Mrs. Harrison Smith (6 August 1816).


It is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read. By the same test the world must judge me. But this does not satisfy the...

It is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read. By the same test the world must judge me. But this does not satisfy the...

It is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read. By the same test the world must judge me. But this does not satisfy the...

It is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read. By the same test the world must judge me. But this does not satisfy the...