Extract from Thomas Jefferson’s “Bill for establishing Religious Freedom,” [ca. 1777] [Quote]

That our civil rights have no dependance on our religious opinions, any more than on our opinions in physicks or geometry. ... We the General Assembly of Virginia do enact, that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious Worship, place or Ministry whatsoever, nor shall be...

Extract from Thomas Jefferson’s Notes of Proceedings in the Continental Congress, 2 July 1776 [Quote]

Congress proceeded the same day to consider the declaration of Independance which had been reported & laid on the table the Friday preceding and on Monday referred to a commee of the whole. the pusillanimous idea that we had friends in England worth keeping terms with, still haunted the minds...

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