These Democrats Want To Reclaim God From the MAGA Movement
In Notes on the State of Virginia — Thomas Jefferson’s half-almanac, half-philosophical exploration published in 1785 — the founding father and future president writes about mixing various religions and faith traditions into one unified nation, and how a man’s god should and should not shape his politics. “The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others,” he writes.
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In Notes on the State of Virginia — Thomas Jefferson’s half-almanac, half-philosophical exploration published in 1785 — the founding father and future president writes about mixing various religions and faith traditions into one unified nation, and how a man’s god should and should not shape his politics. “The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others,” he writes. “But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.” But nearly 250 years after Jefferson wrote the words that broke with the old empire, and planted the seeds of a new one, the question of what gods our political class serves is weighing heavily as Americans celebrate the anniversary of the republic.
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- In Notes on the State of Virginia — Thomas Jefferson’s half-almanac, half-philosophical exploration published in 1785 — the founding father and future president writes about mixing various religions and faith traditions into one unified nation, and how a man’s god should and should not shape his politics. “The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others,” he writes.
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These Democrats Want To Reclaim God From the MAGA Movement
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