"Other people's devotions embarrassed me, perhaps because, like other people's kisses, they rarely looked genuine when viewed too closely."

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And may I not be allowed to ... read in the character of the American people, in their devotion to true liberty and to the Constitution which is its palladium [protection], ... a Government which watches over ... the equal interdict [prohibition] against encroachments and compacts between religion and the state.

— James Madison