The last sentence is excerpted from a letter to James Madison, August 28, 1789, as he was returning to America to assume his position as Secretary of State. Passed by the Virginia Assembly in 1786, while Jefferson was serving as Minister to France. First introduced in the Virginia General Assembly in 1779, after he had become Governor. Excerpted from A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, drafted in 1777. I know but one code of morality for men whether acting singly or collectively.' All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens.are a departure from the plan of the holy Author of our religion.No man shall be compelled to frequent or support religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion. 'Almighty God hath created the mind free. Excerpted from the Declaration of Independence, 1776. We.solemnly publish and declare, that these colonies are and of a right ought to be free and independent states.and for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.' 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men. 'I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.'

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