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“It is too late in the day for men of sincerity to pretend they believe in the Platonic mysticisms that three are one, and one is three; and yet that the one is not three, and the three are not one.”

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Book:Memoirs, Correspondence and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Late President of the United States
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“Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.”

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Author:George Washington
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“It is contrary to the principles of reason and justice that any should be compelled to contribute to the maintenance of a church with which their consciences will not permit them to join, and from which they can derive no benefit; for remedy whereof, and that equal liberty as well religious as civil, may be universally extended to all the good people of this commonwealth.”

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Author:George Mason
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“No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever.”

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Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson
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“We will not be led like sheep to the slaughter.”

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Author:Abba Kovner
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“I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson
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“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.”

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Author:George Washington
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“I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing governments by human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.”

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Author:Benjamin Franklin
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“Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshipped.”

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Book:Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
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“Question with boldness even the existence of a god.”

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Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts
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“Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.”

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Book:The Writings: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts : with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
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“Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, creator of the Universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he ought to be worshiped. That the most acceptable service we render him is doing good to his other children. That the soul of Man is immortal, and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this.”

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Book:The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself. Now First Edited from Original Manuscripts and from His Printed Correspondence and Other Writings
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