If the United States proves false to these principles of civil and religious liberty, it will have inflicted the greatest blow on the system of free popular government that has ever been inflicted.
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Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Americanism, address to the Knights of Columbus; source text line 74
- Americanism, address to the Knights of Columbus; source text line 74
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