If God is just, I tremble for my country.
“If God is just, I tremble for my country.”
— Thomas Jefferson · God
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If God is just, I tremble for my country.
“If God is just, I tremble for my country.”
— Thomas Jefferson · God
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“If God is just, I tremble for my country.”
“I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment; but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor.”
“An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.”
“I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.”
“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”
“No government ought to be without censors: and where the press is free, no one ever will. If virtuous, it need not fear the fair operation of attack and defence. Nature has given to man no other means of sifting out the truth either in religion, law, or politics. I think it as honorable to the government neither to know, nor notice, it’s sycophants or censors, as it would be undignified and criminal to pamper the former and persecute the latter.”
“I live my life in widening circle”
“The glory of God is as destructive of evil as it is creative of good.”
“Occasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.”
“The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.”
“Grace is God-given power to live differently.”
“If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jogging or walking their dogs or fishing in the surf.”