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“Colonial America was not settled out of a search for religious liberty, but it stumbled onto that principle just in time.”

— Steven K. Green

“The haphazard unfolding of religious toleration described above occurred chiefly by default (and in New York, to enhance a commercial environment), not to promote…

— Steven K. Green

“The myth of America’s religious founding thus provided an explanation for those who needed to sanctify the past before they could go forward with…

— Steven K. Green

[The Drafters of the Constitution] were intent on avoiding more than 100 years of religious intolerance and persecution in American colonial history and an…

— John M Swomley

There are two visions of America. One precedes our founding fathers and finds its roots in the harshness of our Puritan past. It is…

— Sherwin Wine

Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.

— Mitch Horowitz

“America had, I believe, a divine founding. Call it American exceptionalism if you like. But that makes America all the more vulnerable to God's…

— Fleming Rutledge

“The Constitution was a reaffirmation of faith in the principles painfully evolved over the centuries by the English-speaking peoples. It enshrined long-standing English ideas…

— Winston S. Churchill

America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.

— James F. Cooper

“The Americans of the age were not an irreligious people; and the fact that they were Christian was very important, for the marks of…

— Theodore H. White

“A person has to ignore the larger social, economic, political, and religious climate of early North American colonialism to advance the Christian nation myth.”

— David D. Flowers

It might be said that religious freedom in the American sense, incorporating the separation of church and state, has been the pivotal concept of…

— Joseph Leon Blau