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The American states have gone far in assisting the progress of truth; but they have stopped short of perfection. They ought to have given every honest citizen an equal right to enjoy his religion and an equal title to all civil emoluments, without obliging him to tell his religion. Every interference of the civil power in regulating opinion, is an impious attempt to take the business of the Deity out of his own hands; and every preference given to any religious denomination, is so far slavery and bigotry.
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The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws... The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and his Apostles... This is genuine Christianity and to this we owe our free constitutions of government.
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Treason is the highest crime of a civil nature of which a man can be guilty.
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Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions.
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Born:
October 16, 1758
Died:
May 28, 1843
(aged 84)
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