Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 15, 1997
Freedom from religious persecution was of such profound importance to our founders that they placed it first among the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Proclamation 6966—Religious Freedom Day, 1997

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