The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of all previous precedent—that of total separation of Church and State. No religious establishment by law exists among us. The conscience is left free from all restraint and each is permitted to worship his Maker after his own judgement. The offices of the Government are open alike to all. No tithes are levied to support an established hierarchy, nor is the fallible judgement of man set up as the sure and infallible creed of faith.
— President John Tyler, letter to Joseph Simpson
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