And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past…

James Madison
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And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together. ✨ James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). James Madison's Advice to My Country, p.89, University of Virginia Press
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