Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure if we have removed their only firm basis: a conviction in the minds of men that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.” ~ Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US PresidentSource: Thomas Jefferson Memorial building, Panel Three.This quote has been found to be the paraphrasing of several quotes from different sources. See: http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/quotations-jefferson-memorial#Panel_Three