In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

James Madison
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  1. Philosophy is common sense with big words.

  2. Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind, and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.]

  3. The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.]

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  5. Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance...

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