Quote#God & Faith
The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of…
Quote byCharles Farrar Browne · 1834–1867
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: London Punch Letters, No. 5 (1866)..
English (original)
The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoyin his.
— Charles Farrar Browne
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