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Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?

Quote byJohn Adams · 1735–1826

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Thomas Jefferson (19 May 1821), published in Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams (UNC Press, 1988), p. 573.

English (original)

Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?

— John Adams

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