The Gothic idea that we were to look backwards instead of forwards for the improvement of the human mind, and to recur… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth —… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
An alliance or coalition between Government and religion cannot be too carefully guarded against......Every new and successful example therefore of a PERFECT… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I can't tell Black people to fight a war that is Israel's war. What kind of leader will you be, or should… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature. . .… — John Adams Copy Share Image
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