...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 forever. Thomas Jefferson, 1781 The next morning, Isaac woke to the sound of someone tapping on the...

...Jefferson's 1 785 observation on slavery in Notes on the State of Virginia, "Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever," was favored by Ronald Reagan and others. Jefferson later wrote in a letter, "The basis of...

...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 forever." So much for Jefferson's alleged devotion to the phony issue of separation of church as preached...

...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...

...Virginia (1781-1782), he regretted the effects of slavery on Virginians. "Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever." A philosopher and scientific observer, he thought an overturning of slavery "possible" due to demography...

...are of the gift of God? That they are not to he violated hut with His wrath? I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever,..." 13 Liberty Bell inscription reads "Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants...

...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." Removing God from this country will destroy it. The formal opening of each session of the...

...has lamented, of slaves into enemies. As truncated by Padover — "Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever" — it becomes a vague warning to the United States to shape up. Few readers would infer that...

...Jefferson framed this issue more than two centuries ago when he wrote: "Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever." Americans today permit the slaughter of millions of children each year by abortion. We are...

...religiously unconventional Jefferson. This deist said (referring to slavery) : "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever."15 From such anxiety, resolve could follow to put matters right, evident in voices opposed...