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It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
Approximate author period: c. 1784 AD · early modern
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- Thomas Jefferson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1784 AD · early modern
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