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Quotation from Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport by George Washington
“a Government, which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance”
Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport, Seixas's address, 17 August 1790 (Wikisource transcription, original spelling retained)
The congregation already praises the new government in the words Washington will take up the next day.
Citation: "a Government, which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance" — George Washington, Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport, Seixas's address, 17 August 1790 (Wikisource transcription, original spelling retained). (id washington-letter-to-the-hebrew-congregation-at-newport-q1)
