The phrase originally came from [[Roger Williams]] and was later quoted by [[Thomas Jefferson]] in a letter to the colony founded by Roger Williams, [[Rhode Island]]. However, Rhode Island did not even send a representative to the [[Constitutional Convention]] and refused for economic reasons for years even to ratify the [[U.S. Constitution]]. | The phrase originally came from [[Roger Williams]] and was later quoted by [[Thomas Jefferson]] in a letter to the colony founded by Roger Williams, [[Rhode Island]]. However, Rhode Island did not even send a representative to the [[Constitutional Convention]] and refused for economic reasons for years even to ratify the [[U.S. Constitution]]. |