On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Take away the law-establishment, and every religion re-assumes its original benignity.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Take away the law-establishment, and every religion re-assumes its original benignity.”
Editor's note · Context
From "Rights of Man," this statement proposes that disestablishing religion would restore its inherent peaceful nature.
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