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Barack Obama: “All men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion.”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2011
All men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 8623—Religious Freedom Day

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