"Of all the differences between the Old World and the New this is perhaps the most salient: Half the wars of Europe, half the troubles that have vexed European States, ... have arisen from theological differences or from the rival claims of church and state. This whole vast chapter of debate and strife has remained virtually unopened in the United States."
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Randall Herbert Balmer, Thy Kingdom Come (Basic Books, 2007), p. viii
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