“As mankind become more liberal they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protection of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations in examples of justice and liberality.”

— George Washington

Letter to the Roman Catholics in America http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/letter-to-the-roman-catholics/ (15 March 1790)
1790s
Variant: As mankind become more liberal they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protection of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations in examples of justice and liberality.

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first President of the United States 1732–1799

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