Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Letters
as soon as either Sect would persecute another, if it had unchecked and unbalanced power |
Jefferson and John Adams, both influential founding fathers and presidents of the United States, often discussed separation of Church and state. "Every species of these Christians would persecute Deists," Adams wrote on June 25, 1813, "as soon as either Sect would persecute another, if it had unchecked and unbalanced power. Nay, the Deists would persecute Christians, and Atheists would persecute Deists, with as unrelenting Cruelty, as any Christians would persecute them or one another. Know thyself, Human Nature!" As president, Adams reassured all religions that the U.S. was not a Christian nation.
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