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I have ever regarded the freedom of religious opinions and worship as equally belonging to every sect.
James Madison
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James Madison
Age: 85 †
Born: 1751
Born: March 16
Died: 1836
Died: June 28
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But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain.
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[The public has] the habit now of invalidating opinions emanating from me by reference to my age and infirmities.
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