"History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance, of which their political as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purpose." -Thomas Jefferson, 1813 (primary author of the Declaration of Independence)
more... http://boilingmad.blogspot.com/2004/11/enlightenment-of-founding-fathers.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/arts/28rich.html?ex=1102395002&ei=1&en=97f4c0fc48a7469a http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=miv
