The legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, ... thus building a wall of separation between Church and State.
Letter, January 1, 1802, to Nehemiah Dodge and Others. From: The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p. 303, edied by Merrill D. Peterson (1975).
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