I Contemplate With Sovereign Reverence The Act Of The Whole American People Which Declared That Their Legislature Should 'make No Law Respecting An Establishment Of Religio

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I contemplate with sovereign reverence the act of the whole American people
which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus
building a wall of separation between church and state.
-- Thomas Jefferson, to the Danbury (Connecticut) Baptist Association in 1802

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