Constraint and Government

Thomas Jefferson

Notes on the State of Virginia

2013-09-29

“Constraint may make him worse by making him a hypocrite, but it will never make him a truer man” (674).

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself” (675).

“The several sects [ecclesiastical denominations] perform the office of a Censor morum [critic of morals or customs] over each other” (675).


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