„[…] no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided in subsection (h)), and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.“ Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3)
Das wiedergegebene Zitat entspricht dem Text des Jefferson Memorials, Panel 3. Das Originalzitat lautet: And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? Aus: Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII. Vgl. Quotations on the Jefferson Memorial.