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Richard Mentor Johnson Quotes

Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation of what Government denominated the law of God. To prevent a similar train of evils in this country, the Constitution has wisely withheld from our Government the power of defining the divine law Picture Quote #1

It is not the legitimate province of the Legislature to determine which religion is true, or what false. Our government is a civil, and not a religious institution Picture Quote #1

Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness Picture Quote #1

What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small Picture Quote #1

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Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation of what Government denominated the law of God. To prevent a similar train of evils in this country, the Constitution has wisely withheld from our Government the power of defining the divine law (Richard Mentor Johnson Quotes) It is not the legitimate province of the Legislature to determine which religion is true, or what false. Our government is a civil, and not a religious institution (Richard Mentor Johnson Quotes) Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness. (Richard Mentor Johnson Quotes) What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small (Richard Mentor Johnson Quotes)