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It's been attributed to others -- justly, it seems -- but Snopes agrees the earliest version of this quote appears to be in this article about Jesse Jackson, Jr.:

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JACKSON'S ADVICE

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* Keep church and state separate: Jackson voted against a House resolution supporting a judge who displayed the Ten Commandments in court. He was dismayed that it passed. "When I came here, I put my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. I didn't put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."

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