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James Madison’s 1785 Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments

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Religious liberty, conscience, civil authority, equality, rights and opposition to state-supported religious assessment.

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The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man;

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“The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man;”

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Madison argues that religious belief and practice should follow individual conviction rather than civil compulsion.

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Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments, represented by Founders Online / National Archives. Madison wrote against a proposed Virginia assessment supporting teachers of Christianity. The sentence is historical religious-liberty argument, not current legal advice.

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