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| | Quotations that Support the Separation of State and Church |
 | | The quotations presented here, drawn in every case directly from the most original source available to the compilers, may prove useful to those arguing, in a variety of ways or contexts, in favor of separation of church and state, religious freedom, and the rights of religious or, especially, irreligious minorities. |
 | | Quotations supporting atheism, deism, or unorthodox religious views are included to the extent that they might be useful in debating against those who argue that the United States was established as a Christian nation or that the "founding fathers" would have accepted government support of any religious orthodoxy. |
 | | Quotations are arranged in approximate order of historical significance in Sections I and II, with separate subsections in Section II for major leaders (Jefferson, Madison, Washington, John Adams, Franklin, and Paine) followed by a subsection of others from the era, then by a subsection of historians and others about the era in general. |
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