The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgi…

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The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from [the clergy]. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont, p.427
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The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from [the clergy]. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont, p.427

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