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Quotation from A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke
“I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the Business of Civil Government from that of Religion, and to settle the just Bounds that lie between the one and the other.”
A Letter Concerning Toleration, Letter, opening argument, trans. William Popple
Locke states the task of the whole Letter after his opening remarks on persecution.
Citation: "I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the Business of Civil Government from that of Religion, and to settle the just Bounds that lie between the one and the other." — John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration, Letter, opening argument, trans. William Popple. (id a-letter-concerning-toleration-q1)
Portrait: Portrait of John Locke, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain.
