Thomas Jefferson

3rd United States President

Thomas Jefferson was the President of the United States from 1801-1808, and was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. He is one of the most important figures in American History.

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Thomas Jefferson's Opinions

Politics

Is censorship acceptable?

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Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it.

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01 Jan 1786 Source

Should religious institutions be separated from government?

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Religion is a matter which lies solely between man & his god, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state.

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07 Oct 1801 Source

Science

Does God exist?

Neutral

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

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01 Jan 1787 Source

Do we have an immaterial soul?

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To talk of immaterial existences is to talk of nothings. To say that the human soul, angels, God, are immaterial, is to say they are nothings, or that there is no God, no angels, no soul. I cannot reason otherwise [...]. At what age of the Christian church this heresy of immaterialism, this masked atheism, crept in, I do not know. But a heresy it certainly is. Jesus told us indeed that 'God is a spirit,' but he has not defined what a spirit is, nor said that it is not matter.

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15 Aug 1820 Source

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