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“The law for religious freedom... [has]put down the aristocracy of the clergy and restored to the citizen the freedom of the mind.”

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Book:The portable Thomas Jefferson

Source: The portable Thomas Jefferson

“But the most dangerous Hypocrite in a Common-Wealth, is one who leaves the Gospel for the sake of the Law: A Man compounded of Law and Gospel, is able to cheat a whole Country with his Religion, and then destroy them under Colour of Law: And here the Clergy are in great Danger of being deceiv'd, and the People of being deceiv'd by the Clergy, until the Monster arrives to such Power and Wealth, that he is out of the reach of both, and can oppress the People without their own blind Assistance.”

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Book:The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin

Source: The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin

“It is a very rare church indeed that encourages its members to think for themselves in religious matters, or even tolerates this, and in most of them the clergy are quite ready to lay down the law in other fields too.”

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Author:Anne Roe

“I have a work presently in the Press named 'Six Months in Hell' which you may one day read. I consider it will be worth perusing, bruising badly the morals of Britain and America, while Royalty, clergy, critics, society and bloodhounds of law must all incur its censure.”

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Book:Thine in storm and calm: an Amanda McKittrick Ros reader

Source: Thine in storm and calm: an Amanda McKittrick Ros reader