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Quotation from The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom by Thomas Jefferson
“Almighty God hath created the mind free”
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Preamble (opening clause) (Library of Virginia transcription of the enrolled act)
The first premise of the act, from which the case against coercion in religion proceeds.
Citation: "Almighty God hath created the mind free" — Thomas Jefferson, The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Preamble (opening clause) (Library of Virginia transcription of the enrolled act). (id virginia-statute-for-religious-freedom-q1)
Portrait: Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Jefferson, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
