 | Sally Mahe, Kathy Covert - 2004 - 228 Seiten
...Constitutional Convention A powerful advocate of liberty, Jefferson said, "I have sworn upon the altar ot God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." pp. 23, 132 Johnson, Sarah - 10th-grade student as quoted by Roger Housden in Sacred America, The Emerging... | |
 | Susan Dunn - 2004 - 396 Seiten
...about the death sentences meted out to the slave rebels. The Virginian who, in that same letter, swore "eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man" could not bring himself to swear hostility to tyranny over black people's bodies and souls. "The gallows... | |
 | Mark Crispin Miller - 2004 - 366 Seiten
...power confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly: for / have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...to fear from me: and enough too in their opinion, & this is the cause of their printing lying pamphlets against me (emphasis added). Jefferson weathered... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 Seiten
...hands." In the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, Jefferson's famous words are carved in stone: "For I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." That sentence comes from a letter to Benjamin Rush, written in 1800, in which the context makes clear... | |
 | James H. Hutson - 2009 - 288 Seiten
...portion of power confided to me will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe truly. For I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800. Adams, Jefferson's Extracts, 320. I never will,... | |
 | John Kukla, Amy Kukla - 2004 - 126 Seiten
...not accept ideologies, or beliefs, simply because he was told that they were true. He later wrote, "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Eventually, after a lifetime of study, Jefferson created his own collection of passages from the Bible... | |
 | Graphic Arts - 2005 - 113 Seiten
...memorial erected in his honor. Inscribed near the roof is a quote from the nation' s third president : "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man . " The original draft of the Declaration of Independence M The Jefferson Memorial is nearly hidden... | |
 | Tim Schilke - 2005 - 294 Seiten
...people spoke, and the people chose freedom over fearbased tyranny. Jefferson himself said in 1800, "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." The Alien and Sedition Acts were in place for less than two full years. Ultimately, fear of the French... | |
 | Gary Gibson - 2004 - 699 Seiten
...hoped for, proof of things not seen. "-Hebrews 11:1 Gary C. Gibson - 02:06pm Jan 15, 2004 EOT (#1_of 1) "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." -Thomas Jefferson Civil rights have been defended by both parties at times since the end of the civil... | |
 | Larry Jay Diamond - 2005 - 390 Seiten
...vision expressed in these words, which he had seen on a wall of the Jefferson Memorial, in Washington: "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Sadr's vision was of a new, religious tyranny, an Iranian-style Islamist dictatorship in which he would... | |
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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. 
