On the record
A free church in a free state," now, as then, may be our ideal; but we still seek the means wherewith to build it.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgA free church in a free state," now, as then, may be our ideal; but we still seek the means wherewith to build it.
Laski expresses the enduring aspiration for a separation of church and state that remains relevant today.
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