Argument Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“There is no such thing as a Christian commonwealth…. [N]either Pagan nor [Muslim], nor Jew, ought to be excluded from the civil rights of…

— Phyllis Goldstein

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

The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall…

— James Madison

The idea of legally establishing inalienable, inherent and sacred rights of the individual is not of political but religious origin.

— George Jellinek

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

Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because it was…

— Bruce L. Shelley

One who belongs to the most vilified and persecuted minority in history is not likely to be insensible to the freedoms guaranteed by our…

— Felix Frankfurter

The settled opinion here is that religion is essentially distinct from Civil Govt. and exempt from its cognizance; that a connection between them is…

— James Madison

Individual believers are not to usurp the role of civil government and judge people who are offensive.

— Max Anders

Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Religious belief does not do away with either natural or human law from which sovereignty is derived.”

— Timothy Brook