"Government has no right to hurt a hair on the head of an Atheist for his Opinions. Let him have a care of his Practices."
— Atheism

January 1, 1970

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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, June 16, 1816. Adams Papers (microfilm), reel 432, Library of Congress. James H. Hutson (ed.), The Founders on Religion: A Book of Quotations. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007, p. 20.