“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.
[Letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803]”
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[Letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803]”
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“Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly?”
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“How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.”
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“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.”
― The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child
― The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child
“One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.”
― The Age of Reason
― The Age of Reason
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