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“I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men.”

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

“Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”

“Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.”

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

“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.”

“Question with boldness even the existence of a god.”

“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.”

“Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.”

“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.”

“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.”