| | * "When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become corrupt as in Europe."<ref>[https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-12-02-0490 Thomas Jefferson to Uriah Forrest], December 31st, 1787</ref> | | * "When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become corrupt as in Europe."<ref>[https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-12-02-0490 Thomas Jefferson to Uriah Forrest], December 31st, 1787</ref> |
| − | *"No nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion, nor can it be. The Christian religion is the best religion that's been given to man, and I, as chief magistrate of this nation, am bound to give it the sanction of my example."<ref>[https://www.glennbeck.com/2016/01/12/thomas-jefferson-on-healthcare-big-government-marriage-and-christianity/ Thomas Jefferson on Healthcare, Big Government, Marriage and Christianity]</ref> | + | *"No nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion, nor can it be. The Christian religion is the best religion that's been given to man, and I, as chief magistrate of this nation, am bound to give it the sanction of my example."<ref>Hutson, Religion, p. 96, quoting from a handwritten history in possession of the Library of Congress, “Washington Parish, Washington City,” by Rev. Ethan Allen.</ref> |