| Martin Van Buren - 1867 - 466 Seiten
...control the opinions or to coerce the consciences of men. Moved by such impulses, and having " sworn eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man,]' he entered, nt nn early age, upon his public career, destined to be long and eventful, and sustained... | |
| Martin Van Buren - 1867 - 454 Seiten
...control the opinions or to coerce the consciences of men. Moved by such impulses, and having " sworn eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man," he entered, at an early age, upon his public career, destined to be long and eventful, and sustained... | |
| Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - 730 Seiten
...believe rightly: for I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyrauny over the mind of man. But this is all they have to...opinion. And this is the cause of their printing lying pampblets against me, forging conversations for me with Muzzei, Hishop Madison, etc., which are absolute... | |
| United States. Congress - 868 Seiten
...alone." Our beloved Nation was built on the solid foundation of God's word. Thomas Jefferson "swore upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Today the termites of terrorism, violence, hate, destruction are nibbling at our Nation's foundation—but... | |
| James Parton - 1878 - 792 Seiten
...undoing the work done in Virginia and other States through Madison, Wythe, and himself. But, said he, " the returning good sense of our country threatens...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." He avoided, on principle, that line of conduct, so familiar to public men of the fourth, fifth, and... | |
| Tennessee Bar Association - 1913 - 282 Seiten
...either then or soon after. The lurid phrase which leaped from his pen amid the heats of later conflicts, "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." was but the morbid reflex of his saner mood in this great combat of his vibrant manhood. His assault... | |
| Missouri Bar Association - 1913 - 244 Seiten
...or soon after. The lurid phrase which leaped from his pen amid the heats of his later conflicts, "/ have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man," was but the morbid reflex of his saner mood in this great combat of his vibrant manhood. His assault... | |
| 1915 - 680 Seiten
...their vested interests; a man who stood for freedom of the individual in politics and religion, who had "sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man ;" a most universal sort of man, and very proper founder of a great University. He was the one man... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1896 - 544 Seiten
...& Congregationalists. The returning good sense of our country threatens abortion to their hopes, & they believe that any portion of power confided to...of man. But this is all they have to fear from me : & enough too in their opinion, & this is the cause of their printing lying pamphlets against me,... | |
| Edward Payson Powell - 1897 - 488 Seiten
...rejected. I do not know that it would reconcile the genus irritabile vatum, who are all in arms against me. They believe that any portion of power confided to...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson was recognized as the leader of the new force in American politics. There was no one... | |
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