The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as Pr…

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The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly: for I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. But this is all they have to fear from me: and enough, too, in their opinion. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1900). The Life and Writings of ...
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