“It is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the especial duty of government to foster, and encourage it among all the citizens and subjects. This is a point wholly distinct from that of the right of private judgment in matters of religion, and of the freedom of public worship according to the dictates of one’s conscience.”

Joseph Story (Supreme Court Justice 1811-1845)

This quote was taken out of his “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States” , year 1833