Part I | Brief Summary

Category G | Extrinsic Benefits

Topic 37 | Religious freedom facilitates social stability and even harmony

Religious freedom can facilitate social stability and even harmony. As Voltaire observes in Letters Concerning the English Nation (1733), “If one religion only were allowed in England, the Government would very possibly become arbitrary; if there were but two, the people would cut one another’s throats; but as there are such a multitude, they all live happy and in peace.”