"AS MANKIND BECOME MORE LIBERAL THEY WILL BE MORE APT TO ALLOW THAT ALL THOSE WHO CONDUCT THEMSELVES AS WORTHY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE EQUALLY ENTITLED TO THE PROTECTION OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT. I HOPE EVER TO SEE AMERICA AMONG THE FOREMOST NATIONS IN EXAMPLES OF JUSTICE AND LIBERALITY."; -- GEORGE WASHINGTON, IN A LETTER TO THE ROMAN CATHOLICS IN THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 15, 1790