The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under …

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The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). The Essential Jefferson, p.28, Hackett Publishing
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