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“That diabolical Hell conceived principle of persecution rages amoung some and to their eternal Infamy the Clergy can furnish their Quota of Imps for such business.” quote by James Madison — Download Open image

“That diabolical Hell conceived principle of persecution rages amoung some and to their eternal Infamy the Clergy can furnish their Quota of Imps for such business.”

James Madison

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The law for religious freedom... [has]put down the aristocracy of the clergy and restored to the citizen the freedom of the mind.

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If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.

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The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.

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