| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 37390 |
| QUOTATION: | That diabolical Hell conceived principle of persecution rages among some [people] and to their eternal Infamy the clergy can furnish their Quota of Imps for such business. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | James Madison (1751–1836), U.S. president. Madison to William Bradford, January 24, 1794. W.T. Hutchinson et al., The Papers of James Madison, vol. 1, p. 106, Chicago and Charlottesville, Virginia (1962-1991). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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