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Quotation from The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom by Thomas Jefferson
“that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry”
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Preamble (Library of Virginia transcription of the enrolled act)
The act's ground for abolishing religious tests for public office.
Citation: "that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry" — Thomas Jefferson, The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Preamble (Library of Virginia transcription of the enrolled act). (id virginia-statute-for-religious-freedom-q3)
Portrait: Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Jefferson, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
