Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, 23 Sept. 1800 [Quote]

Monticello Sep. 23. 1800.

for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

RC (DLC: Benjamin Rush Papers). PrC (DLC). Published in PTJ, 32: 166–9.

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