Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one
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Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
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We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.
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The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.
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