“It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent national gifts. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean [behave] themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.”
George Washington, to the Touro Synagogue, in Rhode Island, 1790. Yes, you read that right; Synagogue.
Thanks to Sarah Vowell and The Wordy Shipmates.