Oliver Ellsworth Quotes:
Ocupation: Former United States Senator
Life: April 29, 1745 - November 26, 1807
Birthday: April 29
Death: November 26
Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates to maintain these errors. When the clouds of ignorance began to vanish and the people grew more enlightened, there was no other way to keep them in error but to prohibit their altering their religious opinions by severe persecuting laws. In this way persecution became general throughout Europe.
topic: Religious, Kings, Ignorance, Christian Father, Christian Persecution, Religious Persecution
