Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what James Madison said
humility Knowing what you do not know: whether it makes you learn and decide better, or costs you the self-belief that gets things done.
religion Faith as a thing a society runs on, and what has been tried in its place.
Because the bill implies, either that the civil magistrate is a competent judge of truth, or that he may employ religion as an engine of civil policy. The first is an arrogant pretension, falsified by the contradictory opinions of rulers in all ages, and throughout the world; the second is an unhallowed perversion of the means of salvation.
Where this was said
↗A Memorial and Remonstrance (written 1784-1785; 1828 printing)en.wikisource.org
All 17 korrents from this piecethis one is 8th
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