Thomas Jefferson Quotes About Ridicule
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Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus.
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In the middle ages of Christianity opposition to the State opinions was hushed. The consequence was, Christianity became loaded with all the Romish follies. Nothing but free argument, raillery & even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.
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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions.
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Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.
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