“In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practised, and, both by precept and example, inculcated on mankind.”

— Samuel Adams

The Rights of the Colonists (1772)

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American statesman, Massachusetts governor, and political p… 1722–1803

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“In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practised, and, both by precept and example, inculcated on mankind.”

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