Private Judgment Quotes by Samuel Johnson

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• [I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the… — Joseph Story
• Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct… — Samuel Adams
• The idea of what the public will think prevents the public from ever thinking at all, and acts as a spell on… — William Hazlitt
• If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith… — Charles Hodge
• All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and… — Samuel Johnson
• The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into… — Ezra Stiles

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