 | Michael Warren - 2005 - 408 Seiten
...but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."— Samuel Adams "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."— Thomas Jefferson, September 23, 1800, as inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial "A Bill of Rights is what... | |
 | Laurie Ellis - 2005 - 204 Seiten
...impressive, and massive. The words on the walls spoke of freedom and justice. I particularly liked: "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." "Boy, he had a way with words," I said. "Makes your heart swell with pride." I looked around for Wesley... | |
 | David W. Hall - 2005 - 512 Seiten
...roots of this motto but merely hated any form of tyranny (as in his letter to Benjamin Rush, he wrote, "I have sworn, upon the altar of God, eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man") and engaged in unintended religious hyperbole. Patricia Bonomi displays a coat of arms from a Pennsylvania... | |
 | Charles Schaefer - 2005 - 306 Seiten
...herself, never a mere means. The same humanistic frame of mind compelled Thomas Jefferson to write, "/ have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man," Central to Kantian and Jeffersonian humanism is the assumption that a human being is crowned with such... | |
 | William J. Federer - 2005 - 292 Seiten
...thoughts contrary to their godless governments. Jefferson wrote to Benjamin Rush, September 21, 1800: l have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. 372 BA C/Cr/R ED - W1LL1AM J. FEOER ER 259 rREEOOM "01 "REL/CVO/V - /VO7 FREEOOM "rROM" It is ironic... | |
 | George W. Liebmann - 404 Seiten
...History (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965). 36. P. Kurland, "Religion and the Constitution: Eternal Hostility Against Every Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man," 20 UC Davis L Rev. 680 (1987). 37. P. Kurland, supra, note 22. 38. I. Brant, James Madison, 4 vols.... | |
 | Andrew Burstein - 2005 - 376 Seiten
...unrelenting Americanism that today wraps around the inside ring of the Jefferson Memorial dome — his "eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." And this, Jefferson appended, was all that the advocates of religion had to fear from him.31 In New... | |
 | A. J. Langguth - 2006 - 499 Seiten
...would never consent to naming an established church for the United States. "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." The harsh debate over the Jay Treaty had completed Washington's alienation from Madison. Never again... | |
 | Sidney Blumenthal - 2006 - 440 Seiten
...clerisy. His words, engraved on the Jefferson Memorial, are a direct reference to established religion: "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." But now the Republican House majority leader, Tom DeLay, threatens the federal judiciary, saying: "The... | |
 | Gary Scott Smith - 2006 - 680 Seiten
...in the minds of people that these liberties are a gift of God? Notes on the State of Virginia, 1785 For I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility...against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, Sept. 23, 1800 And may that Infinite Power, which rules the destinies of... | |
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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. 
