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Separating Church and State

Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and Third President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and Third President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson used the phrase "a wall of separation between Church and State" when he described the First Amendment's restriction on the legislative branch of the federal government.

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