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[Disestablishment was] the best thing that ever happened to the state of Connecticut. It cut the churches loose from dependence on state support. It threw them wholly on their own resources and on God.

Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 – January 10, 1863, minister). His thoughts on the the State of Connecticut limiting the authority of the Congregationalist Church and its political ties to Federalist government.