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Quotation from Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport by George Washington
“gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance”
Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport, Washington's reply, the central sentence (Wikisource transcription, original spelling retained)
Washington repeats Seixas’s formula and ties it to the duty of good citizenship under the government’s protection.
Citation: "gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance" — George Washington, Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport, Washington's reply, the central sentence (Wikisource transcription, original spelling retained). (id washington-letter-to-the-hebrew-congregation-at-newport-q4)
