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“Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.” quote by John Quincy Adams — Download Open image

“Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.”

John Quincy Adams

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To live without having a Cicero and a Tacitus at hand seems to me as if it was aprivation of one of my limbs.

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The Law given from Sinai [The Ten Commandments] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code.

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Whoever tells the best story wins.

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Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers.

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The gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster.

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