Atheism Quote by William O. Douglas

The Free Exercise Clause at the very least was designed to guarantee freedom of conscience by prohibiting any degree of compulsion in matters of…

— Harry A. Blackmun

The door of the Free Exercise Clause stands tightly closed against any government regulation of religious beliefs as such. Government may neither compel affirmation…

— William J. Brennan

The free exercise clause of the constitution does not apply to any religion but Christianity. [because none of the other religions are legitimate religions.].

— Roy Moore

“We should be alert to oppose the potential significance of the fact that some government officials and public policy advocates are describing the First…

— Dallin H. Oaks

There is no free will if to exercise it in certain ways produces punishment. That makes a mockery of free will and renders it…

— Neale Donald Walsch

“It is impossible to exercise free will as long as we are operating from within the system. Free will requires consciousness, and our pervasive…

— Melanie Joy

In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the general government.…

— Thomas Jefferson

“We are free only insofar as we exercise control over what people know about us, and in what circumstances they come to know it.”

— Timothy Snyder

“Personal freedom is not the absence of inner constraint, but a realistic awareness of our motivations and the ability, in light of this knowledge,…

— Dr. Richard Ganz

“We are free only insofar as we exercise control over what people know about us, and in what circumstances they come to know it.…

— Timothy Snyder

If you want your freedom, you have to be willing to work hard to exercise it.

— Jack Nicholson

The First Amendment to the Constitution says government can't establish a religion, but neither can it limit the exercise of religion. And that's the…

— Tom Gjelten