If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Consti…

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If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed in the Convention where I had the honor to preside might possibly endanger the religious rights of any ecclesiastical society, certainly I would never have placed my signature to it. ✨ George Washington, Jared Sparks (1848). pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses, p.155
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