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Political literature5 quotes

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. — James Madison · 1789 It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. — Thomas Jefferson · 1787 The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. — Thomas Jefferson · 1785 Is uniformity attainable? Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effet of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. — Thomas Jefferson · 1785 As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith. — Thomas Paine · 1776

Religious literature2 quotes

No compulsion is there in religion. — Muhammad · 632 It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion. — Tertullian · 217

Historical literature1 quote

Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force. — Flavius Josephus · 99

Legal writing1 quote

The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion—except for the sect that can win political power. — Robert H. Jackson · 1952