...chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well...thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavouring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest...

...proposed disestablishing the Episcopalian Church. As drafted, Jefferson's bill attacked "the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well...uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others."61 In this fashion, Jefferson disposed of the clergy's pretensions to tutelage. He then struck...

...chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well...and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, have established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all...

...chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do: that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well...thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavouring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest...

...chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well...assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavouring...

...incapacitation tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, . . . that the impious presumptions of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical,...thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavouring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest...

...chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well...and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, have established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all...

...in his almighty power to do; — that the impious presumptions of legislatures and rulers, civil and ecclesiastical, who being themselves but fallible...established and maintained false religions over the greater part of the world and through all time; — that to compel a man to furnish contributions of...

...chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well...and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, have established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all...

...by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness ... that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well...only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to improve them on others, hath established and maintained false religions ... that to compel a man to...