Religion in America takes no direct part in the government of society, but it must nevertheless be regarded as the foremost of the political institutions of that country; for if it does not impart a taste for freedom, it facilitates the use of free institutions.
Erlijioa, gizartearen gobernuan zuzenean sekula nahasten ez dena amerikarren artean, berauen erakunde politikoetako lehenengotzat jo behar da; zeren eta, askatasun-zaletasuna ematen ez badie ere, berorren erabilera behintzat asko errazten baitie.