>Hi. I am looking for Jefferson's quotes which appear on the interior walls of
>his memorial in Washington D.C. If you could be of any help by referring me to
>the texts from which these quotes are derived I would appreciate it very much.
>


The National Parks Service, which maintains the Jefferson Memorial in
Washington, D.C., has a website that includes all the writings that are on
the wall of the Jefferson Memorial and their sources.  The URL is:

	 http://www.nps.gov/thje/home.htm

The quotations are listed at:

	 http://www.nps.gov/thje/memorial/memorial.htm#

Click on the word "Inscriptions."






> I was wondering if you happen to know what is inscribed around the top of the
> rotunda on the inside of the Jefferson memorial.  If so, I would be very
> grateful if you would e-mail the info to me.

The inscription around the top of the rotunda
is the immortal Jefferson quote, "I have sworn upon the altar of God,
eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." 




These are the inscriptions on the walls of the Jefferson Memorial:

I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of
tyranny over the mind of man.
___Taken from a letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800.

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that
they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among
these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these
rights governments are instituted among men. We...solemnly publish and
declare, that these colonies are and of right ought to be free and
independent states...And for the support of this declaration, with a firm
reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge our
lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
___Taken from the Declaration of Independence, 1776.

Almighty God hath created the mind free.All attempts to influence it by
temporal punishments or burthens.are a departure from the plan of the Holy
Author of our religion.No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any
religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his
religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess and by
argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion. I know but one
code of morality for men whether acting singly or collectively.
___Taken from A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1777. The last
sentence is taken from a letter to James Madison, August 28, 1789.

God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be
secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift
of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just,
that his justice cannot sleep forever. Commerce between master and slave is
despotism. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than these
people are to be free. Establish the law for educating the common people.
This it is the business of the state to effect and on a general plan.
___Taken from:
A Summary View of the Rights of British America: "God...liberty."
Notes on the State of Virginia: "Can...God?"
Notes on the State of Virginia: "commerce...despotism."
The Autobiography: "Nothing...free."
Letter to George Wythe, August 13, 1780 (?): "Establish...people."
Letter to George Washington, January 4, 1786: "This...plan."

I am certainly not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and
constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the
progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more
enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners
and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must
advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to
wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to
remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
___Taken from a letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816.