Because no People can be truly happy, though under the greatest Enjoyment of Civil Liberties, if abridged of the freedom of their Consciences,... I do hereby grant and declare, That no person or Persons, inhabiting in this Province or Territories, who shall confess and acknowledge One almighty GOD, the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the World; and profess him or themselves obligated to live quietly under the Civil Government, shall be in any case molested or prejudiced, in his or their Person or Estate, because of his or their conscientious Persuasion or Practice, nor be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious Worship, Place or Ministry, contrary to his or their Mind, or to do or suffer any other act or thing, contrary to their religous persuasion.
William Penn, 1701
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