Thomas Jefferson — "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice canno…"

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events; that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
Thomas Jefferson — Thomas Jefferson Early Modern · US Founding Father, Declaration of Independence

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Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII, 'Manners'

Date: 1785

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