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Coercing belief may make hypocrites and entrench errors but will never cure them
Drawn from what Thomas Jefferson said
What Thomas Jefferson actually said
- Thomas Jefferson Third US President (1743 to 1826)
Constraint may make him worse by making him a hypocrite, but it will never make him a truer man. It may fix him obstinately in his errors, but will not cure them.
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↗Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVII: Religion (1853 edition)en.wikisource.org
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