Thursday - 04Jul2019 Filed in:
Quotes & Thinkums&Liberty““But it is objected that the people of America may, perhaps, choose representatives who have no religion at all, and that pagans and Mahometans may be admitted into offices. But how is it possible to exclude any set of men, without taking away that principle of religious freedom which we ourselves so warmly contend for? This is the foundation on which persecution has been raised in every part of the world. The people in power were always right, and every body else wrong. If you admit the least difference, the door to persecution is opened.””
Tags: James Iredell ∙ freedom of religion ∙ America ∙ pagans ∙ Muslims