Accepted Quote by James Bryce

The civil power must not be subservient to the advantage of any one individual, or of some few persons; inasmuch as it was established…

— Pope Leo XII

“Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.”

— John Stuart Mill

“Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry...”

— Thomas Jefferson

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

— Jay Weatherill

Remember civil and religious liberty always go together: if the foundation of the one be sapped, the other will fall of course.

— Alexander Hamilton

We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly…

— James Madison

Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the…

— James Monroe

Every one must act according to the dictates of his own reason, and mine tells me that civil powers alone have been given to…

— Thomas Jefferson

I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the business of civil government from that of religion and to settle the just…

— John Locke

The American states have gone far in assisting the progress of truth; but they have stopped short of perfection. They ought to have given…

— Noah Webster

Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization.

— Van Jones

“As American Christians, we celebrate the idea that "all men are created equal." This statement from our Declaration of Indepenence is grounded in the…

— David Platt