I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives. For it is…

Thomas Jefferson
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I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives. For it is in our lives, and not from our works, that our religion must be read. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin. Reports and opinions while Secretary of State, p.28
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I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives. For it is in our lives, and not from our works, that our religion must be read. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin. Reports and opinions while Secretary of State, p.28

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