Det er i våre liv, ikke i våre ord, at vår religion må leses.
Brev til Mrs. Harrison Smith (06.08.1816).
It is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read.
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.
Nasjonalitet: amerikansk
Tittel: politiker og vitenskapsmann, USAs 3. president
Levde: 1743 - 1826
Jefferson var en av de viktigste personene bak den amerikanske uavhengighetserklæringen.