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	"But let them [members of the parliament of Great Britain] not think to exclude us from going to other markets, to dispose of those commodities which they cannot use, nor41 to supply those wants which they cannot supply. Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. '''The god who gave us life gave us liberty''' at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." - "A Summary View of the Rights of British America"<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 1:135. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page001.db&recNum=320 Manuscript copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>		"But let them [members of the parliament of Great Britain] not think to exclude us from going to other markets, to dispose of those commodities which they cannot use, nor41 to supply those wants which they cannot supply. Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. '''The god who gave us life gave us liberty''' at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." - "A Summary View of the Rights of British America"<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 1:135. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page001.db&recNum=320 Manuscript copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>

-	"For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And '''can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed''' their only firm basis, '''a conviction''' in the minds of the people '''that these liberties are the gift of God?''' That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? '''Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever . . . ."''' - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref>Need citation.</ref>	+	"For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And '''can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed''' their only firm basis, '''a conviction''' in the minds of the people '''that these liberties are the gift of God?''' That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? '''Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever . . . ."''' - ''Notes on the State of Virginia'', Query XVIII<ref>In [[Short Title List\|Ford]], 4:232.</ref>

-	"The whole '''commerce between master and slave is''' a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting '''despotism''' on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. . . ." - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref>Need citation.</ref>	+	"The whole '''commerce between master and slave is''' a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting '''despotism''' on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. . . ." - ''Notes on the State of Virginia'', Query XVIII<ref>In [[Short Title List\|Ford]], 4:232.</ref>

-	'''"Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.''' Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them." - Jefferson's ''Autobiography''	+	'''"Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.''' Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them." - Jefferson's ''Autobiography''<ref>In [[Short Title List\|Ford]], 1:232.</ref>

	"Preach, my dear sir, a crusade against ignorance; '''establish''' & improve '''the law for educating the common people."''' - Jefferson to George Wythe, August 13, 1786<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 10:243. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page006.db&recNum=148 Letterpress copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>		"Preach, my dear sir, a crusade against ignorance; '''establish''' & improve '''the law for educating the common people."''' - Jefferson to George Wythe, August 13, 1786<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 10:243. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page006.db&recNum=148 Letterpress copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>

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	"But let them [members of the parliament of Great Britain] not think to exclude us from going to other markets, to dispose of those commodities which they cannot use, nor41 to supply those wants which they cannot supply. Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. '''The god who gave us life gave us liberty''' at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." - "A Summary View of the Rights of British America"<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 1:135. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page001.db&recNum=320 Manuscript copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>		"But let them [members of the parliament of Great Britain] not think to exclude us from going to other markets, to dispose of those commodities which they cannot use, nor41 to supply those wants which they cannot supply. Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. '''The god who gave us life gave us liberty''' at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." - "A Summary View of the Rights of British America"<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 1:135. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page001.db&recNum=320 Manuscript copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>

-	"For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And '''can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed''' their only firm basis, '''a conviction''' in the minds of the people '''that these liberties are the gift of God?''' That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? '''Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever . . . ."''' - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref></ref>	+	"For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And '''can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed''' their only firm basis, '''a conviction''' in the minds of the people '''that these liberties are the gift of God?''' That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? '''Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever . . . ."''' - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref>Need citation.</ref>

-	"The whole '''commerce between master and slave is''' a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting '''despotism''' on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. . . ." - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref></ref>	+	"The whole '''commerce between master and slave is''' a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting '''despotism''' on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. . . ." - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref>Need citation.</ref>

	'''"Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.''' Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them." - Jefferson's ''Autobiography''		'''"Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.''' Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them." - Jefferson's ''Autobiography''

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	===Original Passage===		===Original Passage===
-	"Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that '''Almighty God hath created the mind free,''' and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that '''all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens,''' or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and '''are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion...'''" - [Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom\|"A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"]], Section I<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 2:545-53.</ref>	+	"Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that '''Almighty God hath created the mind free,''' and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that '''all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens,''' or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and '''are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion...'''" - [[Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom\|"A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"]], Section I<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 2:545-53.</ref>

	[[Image:memorial.jpg\|right\|frame\|Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. [http://www.nps.gov/ National Park Service.]]]		[[Image:memorial.jpg\|right\|frame\|Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. [http://www.nps.gov/ National Park Service.]]]
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	"But let them [members of the parliament of Great Britain] not think to exclude us from going to other markets, to dispose of those commodities which they cannot use, nor41 to supply those wants which they cannot supply. Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. '''The god who gave us life gave us liberty''' at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." - "A Summary View of the Rights of British America"<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 1:135. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page001.db&recNum=320 Manuscript copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>		"But let them [members of the parliament of Great Britain] not think to exclude us from going to other markets, to dispose of those commodities which they cannot use, nor41 to supply those wants which they cannot supply. Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. '''The god who gave us life gave us liberty''' at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." - "A Summary View of the Rights of British America"<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 1:135. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page001.db&recNum=320 Manuscript copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>

-	"For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And '''can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed''' their only firm basis, '''a conviction''' in the minds of the people '''that these liberties are the gift of God?''' That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? '''Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever . . . ."''' - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref>	+	"For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And '''can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed''' their only firm basis, '''a conviction''' in the minds of the people '''that these liberties are the gift of God?''' That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? '''Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever . . . ."''' - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref></ref>

-	"The whole '''commerce between master and slave is''' a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting '''despotism''' on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. . . ." - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref>	+	"The whole '''commerce between master and slave is''' a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting '''despotism''' on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. . . ." - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref></ref>

	'''"Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.''' Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them." - Jefferson's ''Autobiography''		'''"Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.''' Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them." - Jefferson's ''Autobiography''

-	"Preach, my dear sir, a crusade against ignorance; '''establish''' & improve '''the law for educating the common people."''' - Jefferson to George Wythe, August 13, 1786<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 10:243. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page006.db&recNum=148 Letterpress copy] available online from the Library of Congress.<ref>	+	"Preach, my dear sir, a crusade against ignorance; '''establish''' & improve '''the law for educating the common people."''' - Jefferson to George Wythe, August 13, 1786<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 10:243. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page006.db&recNum=148 Letterpress copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>

	"It is an axiom in my mind that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. '''This it is the business of the state to effect, and on a general plan."''' - Jefferson to George Washington, January 4, 1786<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 9:151. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page005.db&recNum=19 Letterpress copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>		"It is an axiom in my mind that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. '''This it is the business of the state to effect, and on a general plan."''' - Jefferson to George Washington, January 4, 1786<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 9:151. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page005.db&recNum=19 Letterpress copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>
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	"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."		"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."

-	Original Passage: <br>	+	===Original Passage===
-	"I am''' certainly '''not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting their ill effects. '''But''' I know also, that '''laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the same coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." '''	+	"'''I am''' certainly '''not an advocate for for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions.''' I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting their ill effects. '''But''' I know also, that '''laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."''' - Jefferson to H. Tompkinson (AKA Samuel Kercheval), July 12, 1816<ref>In [[Short Title List\|Ford]], 10:37. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page049.db&recNum=254 Polygraph copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>
-	-- to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1810	+

	==Footnotes==		==Footnotes==

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-	Below are listed the quotations shown on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. When appropriate, we have also posted the passages from which the selections were taken, with the quoted excerpts in bold.	+	Below are listed the quotations shown on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. Some of the quotations appear in edited form on the memorial, so when appropriate, we have also posted the passages from which the selections were taken, with the quoted excerpts in bold.

	==Inscription under the Dome==		==Inscription under the Dome==
-	"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."<ref>Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800.</ref>	+	"...I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 32:168. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page022.db&recNum=439 Letterpress copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>

	==Panel One==		==Panel One==
-	"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men. We . . . solemnly publish and declare, that these colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states. . . And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."	+	"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men. We...solemnly publish and declare, that these colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states...And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." - The [[Declaration of Independence]]<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 1:429-33.</ref>

	==Panel Two==		==Panel Two==
-	"Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens . . . are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion . . . No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion. I know but one code of morality for men whether acting singly or collectively."	+	"Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens...are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion...No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion. I know but one code of morality for men whether acting singly or collectively."

-	Original Passage: <br />	+	===Original Passage===
-	"Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that '''Almighty God hath created the mind free,''' and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that '''all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens,''' or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and '''are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion . . . .'''"	+	"Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that '''Almighty God hath created the mind free,''' and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that '''all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens,''' or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and '''are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion...'''" - [Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom\|"A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"]], Section I<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 2:545-53.</ref>
-	-- "A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom," Section I	+

-	[[Image:memorial.jpg\|right\|frame\|Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., [http://www.nps.gov/ National Park Service]]]	+	[[Image:memorial.jpg\|right\|frame\|Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. [http://www.nps.gov/ National Park Service.]]]

	==Panel Three==		==Panel Three==
	"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever. Commerce between master and slave is despotism. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Establish a law for educating the common people. This it is the business of the state and on a general plan."		"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever. Commerce between master and slave is despotism. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Establish a law for educating the common people. This it is the business of the state and on a general plan."

-	Original Passages:<br />	+	===Original Passages===
-	"But let them [members of the parliament of Great Britain] not think to exclude us from going to other markets to dispose of those commodities which they cannot use, or to supply those wants which they cannot supply. Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. '''The God who gave us life gave us liberty''' at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."	+	"But let them [members of the parliament of Great Britain] not think to exclude us from going to other markets, to dispose of those commodities which they cannot use, nor41 to supply those wants which they cannot supply. Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. '''The god who gave us life gave us liberty''' at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." - "A Summary View of the Rights of British America"<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 1:135. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page001.db&recNum=320 Manuscript copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>
-	-- "A Summary View of the Rights of British America"	+

-	"For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And '''can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed''' their only firm basis, '''a conviction''' in the minds of the people '''that these liberties are the gift of God?''' That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? '''Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever . . . ."'''	+	"For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And '''can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed''' their only firm basis, '''a conviction''' in the minds of the people '''that these liberties are the gift of God?''' That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? '''Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever . . . ."''' - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref>
-	-- Notes on the State of Virginia	+

-	"The whole '''commerce between master and slave is''' a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting '''despotism''' on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. . . ."	+	"The whole '''commerce between master and slave is''' a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting '''despotism''' on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. . . ." - ''Notes on the State of Virginia''<ref>
-	-- Notes on the State of Virginia	+

-	'''"Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.''' Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them."	+	'''"Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.''' Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them." - Jefferson's ''Autobiography''
-	-- The Autobiography	+

-	"Preach, my dear sir, a crusade against ignorance; '''establish''' & improve '''the law for educating the common people."'''	+	"Preach, my dear sir, a crusade against ignorance; '''establish''' & improve '''the law for educating the common people."''' - Jefferson to George Wythe, August 13, 1786<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 10:243. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page006.db&recNum=148 Letterpress copy] available online from the Library of Congress.<ref>
-	-- to George Wythe, August 13, 1780?	+

-	"It is an axiom in my mind that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. '''This it is the business of the state to effect, and on a general plan."'''	+	"It is an axiom in my mind that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. '''This it is the business of the state to effect, and on a general plan."''' - Jefferson to George Washington, January 4, 1786<ref>In [[Short Title List\|''PTJ'']], 9:151. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page005.db&recNum=19 Letterpress copy] available online from the Library of Congress.</ref>
-	-- to George Washington, January 4, 1786	+

	==Panel Four==		==Panel Four==

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	"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."		"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."

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	-- "A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom," Section I		-- "A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom," Section I

-	[[Image:memorial.jpg\|right\|frame\|Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., courtesy National Park Service]]	+	[[Image:memorial.jpg\|right\|frame\|Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., [http://www.nps.gov/ National Park Service]]]

	==Panel Three==		==Panel Three==

Chad at 13:48, 18 July 2007

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	"I am''' certainly '''not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting their ill effects. '''But''' I know also, that '''laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the same coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." '''		"I am''' certainly '''not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting their ill effects. '''But''' I know also, that '''laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the same coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." '''
	-- to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1810		-- to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1810
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		+	==Footnotes==
		+	<references/>

	==Further Sources==		==Further Sources==

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Inscription under the Dome

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	==Inscription under the Dome==		==Inscription under the Dome==
-	"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."	+	"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."<ref>Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800.</ref>

	==Panel One==		==Panel One==

Chad: Added inscription above the panels and fixing an incorrect bolding in the Original Passage section of Panel four.

Chad — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:45:23 GMT

Added inscription above the panels and fixing an incorrect bolding in the Original Passage section of Panel four.

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	Below are listed the quotations shown on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. When appropriate, we have also posted the passages from which the selections were taken, with the quoted excerpts in bold.		Below are listed the quotations shown on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. When appropriate, we have also posted the passages from which the selections were taken, with the quoted excerpts in bold.
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		+	==Inscription under the Dome==
		+	"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

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	"Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens . . . are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion . . . No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion. I know but one code of morality for men whether acting singly or collectively."		"Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens . . . are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion . . . No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion. I know but one code of morality for men whether acting singly or collectively."

-	Original Passage: <br>	+	Original Passage: <br />
	"Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that '''Almighty God hath created the mind free,''' and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that '''all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens,''' or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and '''are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion . . . .'''"		"Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds; that '''Almighty God hath created the mind free,''' and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint; that '''all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens,''' or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and '''are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion . . . .'''"
	-- "A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom," Section I		-- "A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom," Section I
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	"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever. Commerce between master and slave is despotism. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Establish a law for educating the common people. This it is the business of the state and on a general plan."		"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever. Commerce between master and slave is despotism. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Establish a law for educating the common people. This it is the business of the state and on a general plan."

-	Original Passages:<br>	+	Original Passages:<br />
	"But let them [members of the parliament of Great Britain] not think to exclude us from going to other markets to dispose of those commodities which they cannot use, or to supply those wants which they cannot supply. Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. '''The God who gave us life gave us liberty''' at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."		"But let them [members of the parliament of Great Britain] not think to exclude us from going to other markets to dispose of those commodities which they cannot use, or to supply those wants which they cannot supply. Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own. '''The God who gave us life gave us liberty''' at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."
	-- "A Summary View of the Rights of British America"		-- "A Summary View of the Rights of British America"
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	Original Passage: <br>		Original Passage: <br>
-	'''"I am''' certainly '''not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions.''' I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting their ill effects. '''But''' I know also, that '''laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the same coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." '''	+	"I am''' certainly '''not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting their ill effects. '''But''' I know also, that '''laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the same coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." '''
	-- to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1810		-- to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1810