Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1844 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
| QUOTATION: | I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Vice President Carved at the base of the dome, interior of the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. |
| SUBJECTS: | Tyranny |