Doctrine Quote by Elbridge Gerry Download Open image “No religious doctrine shall be established by law.” — Elbridge Gerry ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Doctrine Father Law Religion Religious
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. — James Madison Copy Share Image
No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion. — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
No member of society has the right to teach any doctrine contrary to what society holds to be true. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Religious doctrines do not and clearly cannot be adopted as the criminal code of a state. — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
No member of a society has a right to teach any doctrine contrary to what the society holds to be true. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that sanctifies the separation of church and state. — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
The state authorities have no place in the church of God, no right to control and persecute the conscience. — Hans Denck Copy Share Image
There should be absolutely no 'Separation of Church and State' in America. — David Barton Copy Share Image
Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances. — Richard Mentor Johnson Copy Share Image
I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War. — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots. — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
...should We consent to an order of Cincinnati consisting of all the Officers of the Army & Citizens of Consiquence in the united States;… — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
Self defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish; the immediate gift of the Creator, obliges everyone… — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
A standing army is like a standing member. It's an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure. — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
And for our unparalleled ingratitude to that Adorable Being Who has seated us in a land irradiated by the cheering beams of the Gospel… — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
What, sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty ... Whenever… — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Doctrine tied itself into infinite knots over the realities of sex. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Lord, send Your life throughout the entire church. Visit Your church; restore sound doctrine and holy, earnest living. Take away from professing Christians their… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Tell me your doctrine of the Fall and I will tell you the state of your theology. — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
With a full century of contrary proof in our possession and despite our demonstrated capacity for cooperative teamwork, some among us seem to accept… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
We must hold fast to the austere but true doctrine as to what really governs politics and saves or destroys states. Having in mind… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it. — Walter Rauschenbusch Copy Share Image
To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of… — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
The doctrines of the Bible are often not clothed in the language of strict truth, but in that which was fittest to convey to… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
When members unite with the church, they should not only make a profession of faith in Christ (that is essential), but in light of… — Jay Adams Copy Share Image
