It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights.
For happily the government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens."
-- George Washington
-- George Washington
Or, to put it more simply...
"The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion."
-- John Adams
-- John Adams
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