It is not the legitimate province of the Legislature to determine which religion is true, or what false. Our government is a civil, and not a religious institution. — Richard Mentor Johnson Copy Share Image
Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances. — Richard Mentor Johnson Copy Share Image
It is not the legitimate province of the Legislature to determine which religion is true, or what false. Our government is a civil, and… — Richard Mentor Johnson Copy Share Image
Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation of what… — Richard Mentor Johnson Copy Share Image
Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness. — Richard Mentor Johnson Copy Share Image
Their moral influence will then do infinitely more to advance the true interests of religion, than any measures which they may call on Congress… — Richard Mentor Johnson Copy Share Image
What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which… — Richard Mentor Johnson Copy Share Image
