Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence On Religious Liberty

To obtain religious, as well as civil, liberty I entered zealously into the Revolution, and observing the Christian religion divided into many sects, I founded the hope that no one would be so predominant as to become the religion of the State. That hope was thus early entertained, because all of them joined in the same cause, with few exceptions of individuals. God grant that this religious liberty may be preserved in these States, to the end of time, and that all believing in the religion of Christ may practice the leading principle of charity, the basis of every virtue.







Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence



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