Downsizing Government and Setting Priorities of Federal Programs: Hearings Before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session

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Page 931 - ... to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical...
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