Civil rights Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

— Thomas Jefferson

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

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

Religious freedom is a fundamental human right.

— Pope Francis

Regardless of whether or not you belong to a majority religion, in the United States you may not impose your theology on civil law.

— Lori Lipman Brown

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

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

We were born with national rights. We don't need civil rights.

— Chuck Woolery

Religious freedom sits at the core of who we are as Americans.

— Mikie Sherrill

Atheism has no room for human rights.

— Richard Halverson

Civil rights are more important today than they ever have been in our country. There is so much divisiveness today.

— David Harris