Civil rights Quote by James Madison

In a free government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case…

— Alexander Hamilton

In a free Government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case…

— James Madison

In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. ...under the republican forms [of government],…

— James Madison

Rights come from God, not from government.

— Roy Moore

Civil liberties are a great heritage for Americans. They are not rights that the government gives to the people, they are the rights that…

— Edward Bennett Williams

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

Religious liberty is about freedom of action in matters of religion generally, and the scope of that liberty is directly correlated to the civil…

— Clarence Thomas

Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious…

— James Madison

No government is ever really in favor of so-called civil rights. It always tries to whittle them down. They are preserved under all governments,…

— H. L. Mencken

Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.

— John Quincy Adams

Our rights come from God, not the government.

— Ted Yoho

A government is free in proportion to the rights it guarantees to the minority.

— Alf Landon