Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 - October 3, 1803) on Atheism and Religious Tolerance(published by RevoltSource) |
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American Statesman, Political Philosopher, Founding Father of the United States
: American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father, President John Adams. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #2 on Religious Struggle Quotes >> Atheism and Religious Tolerance
“As neither reason requires nor religion permits the contrary, every man living in or out of a state of civil society has a right peaceably and quietly to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience.”
Source: "The Rights of the Colonists," by Samuel Adams, The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting, November 20, 1772.
"The Rights of the Colonists," by Samuel Adams, The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting, November 20, 1772.
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