Thomas Jefferson · Politics
Jefferson counted his Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom among the three achievements he wished carved on his tomb - the law that made conscience free and severed the state from the church.
You learned that Jefferson held religious belief to be entirely outside the authority of government. In your own words, why did he think compelling belief was both tyrannical and futile?
Leads to James Madison.
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