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Quotation from The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom by Thomas Jefferson
“that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical”
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Preamble (Library of Virginia transcription of the enrolled act)
The clause that answers the general assessment controversy of 1784-1785.
Citation: "that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical" — Thomas Jefferson, The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Preamble (Library of Virginia transcription of the enrolled act). (id virginia-statute-for-religious-freedom-q2)
Portrait: Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Jefferson, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
