No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

Jeremy Bentham
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No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion. This quote is a strong expression of freedom of religion. In the United States, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of religion, or freedom from religion. The First Amendment says that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

Source: Constitutional Code; For The Use All Nations And All Governments Professing Liberal Opinions Volume 1

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