"God ... created this Speck of Dirt and the human Species for his glory: and with the deliberate design of making nine tenths of our Species miserable forever, for his glory. This is the doctrine of Christian Theologians in general: ten to one."
— Christianity

January 1, 1970

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John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson (September 14, 1813). Published in The Quotable John Adams (Globe Pequot, 2008), p. 185ff.