George Washington, letter to the Annual Meeting of Quakers, September 28, 1789; Fitzpatrick 30:416 Note

"Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the persons and consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of rulers, not only to abstain from it themselves, but, according to their stations, to prevent it in others." – George Washington, letter to the Annual Meeting of Quakers, September 28, 1789; Fitzpatrick 30:416 Note
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