Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sect.

[I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed.

A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking.

Democracy is the most vile form of government.

In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws. Its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained by the separate provisions of any.

We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance.

Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sect.