As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith.
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Original Citation
Paine, Thomas [published anonymously]. Common Sense. Philadelphia: R. Bell, sect. 4.
Current Citation
Paine, Thomas. "Common Sense." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009, sect. 4.