Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects p…

Thomas Jefferson
1179 citations
Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). The Essential Jefferson, p.128, Hackett Publishing
Sadness
31

More Author Quotes

He [Washington] has often declared to me that he considered our new constitution as an experiment on the practicability of republican government, and with what dose of liberty man could be trusted fo … ▶
I learn with great concern that [one] portion of our frontier so interesting, so important, and so exposed, should be so entirely unprovided with common fire-arms. I did not suppose any part of the U … ▶
The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). Jefferson: Political Writings, p.397, Cambridge University Press
Doubts and jealousies often beget the facts they fear.
An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight. … ▶

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). The Essential Jefferson, p.128, Hackett Publishing

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes