As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all governme…

Thomas Paine
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As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith. ✨ Common Sense (1776)
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