As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensible duty of every government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith.
Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.
The Life and Works of Thomas Paine . Edited by William M. Van der Weyde. Thomas Paine National Historical Association, 1925. All rights reserved.