No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that w…

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No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
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