America Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.

— Albert Schweitzer

The Bill of Rights should contain the general principles of natural and civil liberty. It should be to a community what the eternal laws…

— Thomas Paine

Just laws are no restraint upon the freedom of the good, for the good man desires nothing which a just law will interfere with.

— James Anthony Froude

“The rights of men, that is to say, the natural rights of mankind, are indeed sacred things; and if any public measure is proved…

— Edmund Burke

The conscience of this nation is the Constitution.

— William O. Douglas

The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.

— John Milton

The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.

— Fisher Ames

Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them.

— Thomas Jefferson

The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body…

— Ezra Stiles

But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.

— William H. Seward