President John Adams wrote to his successor Thomas Jefferson, in 1816:
"Swarms of them will present themselves under more disguises ever taken by even a chief of the Bohemians, as printers, writers, publishers, school teachers, etc. If ever an association of people deserved eternal damnation, on this earth and in hell, it is this Society of Loyola. Yet, with our system of religious liberty, we can but offer them a refuge..."
President Thomas Jefferson answered his predecessor: "Like you, I object to the Jesuits' reestablishment which makes light give way to darkness".
NOTE: They both died on 4th of July, 1826, as America celebrated 50 years of independence.
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