“You are further to declare that we hold sacred the rights of conscience, and may promise to the whole people, solemnly in our name, the free and undisturbed exercise of their religion. And...that all civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination.” PeopleMayPersonsWholeChristianNamesRightsExercisePromiseOfficeConscienceSacredCivil RightsDenominationsChristian Denominations Author:Roger Sherman
“Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country they love, the institutions they cherish, and the freedom they hope to preserve, were born from the throes of armed resistance to tyranny, and nursed in the rugged arms of fearless men.” PeopleMenLoveCountryAmericaRememberBornMemoriesFreedomForgetHistoryArmsSadTraditionInstitutionsTyrannyResistanceFearlessPreservesCherishAmerican CultureRuggedArmed Conflict Author:Roger Sherman