Thomas Jefferson Quotes
A single zealot may commence prosecutor, and better men be his victims.
Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. Edited by William Peden, University of North Carolina Press, 1954, p. 161.
See {583384} for a good example of the political intellectual process of zealots and ideologues.
Referring to civil rights suits during the Reagan administration:
Since Muslims try and convert others, one who changes religion and becomes a Muslim is exempt. The death penalty is reserved for Muslims who leave the religion.
Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He had previously served as the second vice president of the United States under John Adams between 1797 and 1801. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, motivating American colonists to break from the Kingdom of Great Britain and form a new nation; he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national levels.
