“In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.”
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It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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