 | Anthony B. Pinn - 1998 - 266 strani
...himself, Thomas Jefferson [hoped that the Declaration would be] the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition...assume the blessings and security of self-government." In some quarters, fear over decreasing religiosity, centered on discomfort with freethinkers and the... | |
 | Michael P. Zuckert - 1998 - 426 strani
...of Independence, he expressed his commitment to the Cato-like project of "arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves." Like Cato, Jefferson called for "the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1999 - 676 strani
...(to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition...assume the blessings and security of self-government. That form which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and... | |
 | Peter McNamara - 1999 - 278 strani
...(to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition...themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government."59 Notes 1. William H. Rehnquist, "Thomas Jefferson and His Contemporaries," Journal... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 strani
...(to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition...assume the blessings and security of self-government. That form which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and... | |
 | Peter S. Onuf - 2000 - 276 strani
...had been an epochal moment in world history, he proclaimed, "the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition...themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government."1 The new nation was founded on the self-evident principles Jefferson set forth in... | |
 | John E. Ferling - 2002 - 430 strani
...his belief that the American Revolution would prove to be "the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assure the blessings and security of self-government."27 Although Adams and Jefferson steadfastly applauded... | |
 | Walter Berns - 2002 - 164 strani
...(to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition...assume the blessings and security of self-government. . . . All eyes are open, or opening, to the rights of man" (Letter to Roger C. Weightman, June 24,1826).... | |
 | Joseph J Ellis - 2001 - 290 strani
...(to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition...assume the blessings and security of self-government. . . . All eyes are opened or opening to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science... | |
 | E. M. Halliday - 2009 - 306 strani
...continue to approve the choice we made. May it be to the world.., the Signal of arousing men to burst the chains, under which Monkish ignorance and superstition...themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self government. . . All eyes are opened, or opening to the rights of man. The general spread of the... | |
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May it be to the world what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves and to assume... 
