What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small.
-- Richard Mentor Johnson
   
Richard Mentor Johnson   Name:
Richard Mentor Johnson
Type:
Politician
Nationality:
American
Birth:
October 17, 1780
Death:
November 19, 1850
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