“Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here, and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your constitution, and so long as you work at that you are well and successful” IfsFirstsWellsLongSelfUniverseBeliefCausesSecretSuccessfulAuthorityTasksConstitutionSecret To SuccessSelf Trust Book:The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the First Amendment to the Constitution, the Founders made it clear that this was not to be a sky-god nation with a national religion like that of England, from whom we had just separated. It is curious how little understood this amendment is-yes, everyone has a right to worship any god he chooses but he does not have the right to impose his beliefs on others who do not happen to share in his superstitions and taboos.” FirstsLittlesDoeMadeHappensReligionBeliefNationsClearSkyShareWorshipUnderstoodConstitutionEnglandCuriousMade ItAmendmentsSuperstitionsFoundersFirst AmendmentTaboo Author:Gore Vidal
“I believe in absolute freedom of conscience for all men and equality of all churches, all sects and all beliefs before the law as a matter of right and not as a matter of favor. I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof I believe that no tribunal of any church has any power to make any decree of any force in the law of the land, other than to establish the status of its own communicants within its own church.” MenBelieveMatterStatesLawBeliefForceI BelieveChurchAtheismLandExerciseConscienceConstitutionAbsolutesCongressI Believe InPositive AtheismFavorsSeparationEstablishmentStrictEnforcementChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateSectsDecreeAbsolute FreedomTribunals Author:Al Smith
“I feel that I'm sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Alabama, and those constitutions are founded upon a fundamental belief in God ... my display of the Ten Commandments and prayer before sessions are simply acknowledgments of God.” FeelsStatesBeliefPrayerUnitedUnited StatesTenConstitutionFundamentalsScaryDisplayCommandmentsSessionBelief In GodAlabamaTen CommandmentsAcknowledgmentConstitution Of The United States Author:Roy Moore
“Every presidential candidate highlights patriotism, but Mr. Romneys is backed by the Mormon belief that the United States was chosen by God to play a special role in history, its Constitution divinely inspired.” StatesPlayBeliefUnitedRolesUnited StatesSpecialConstitutionInspiredChosenPresidentialCandidatesRomneyHighlightsPresidential CandidateChosen By God Author:Jodi Kantor
“With our goddess, the Pachamama, and it is not possible to continue having a monopoly of religious faith, only Catholic. We have therefore adopted the new constitution as a secular state where all religious beliefs will be respected.” StatesBeliefReligiousConstitutionCatholicGoddessSecularAdoptedMonopolyReligious FaithReligious Belief Author:Evo Morales
“If the Christian religion, as I understand it, or as you understand it, should maintain its ground, as I believe it will, yet Platonic, Pythagoric, Hindoo, and cabalistical Christianity, which is Catholic Christianity, and which has prevailed for 1500 years, has received a mortal wound, of which the monster must finally die. Yet so strong is his constitution, that he may endure for centuries before he expires.” IfsShouldYearsBelieveMayChristianDiesBeliefStrongI BelieveChristianityCenturyConstitutionCatholicEndureWoundsMonstersMortalsPlatonic Author:John Adams
“If we want to understand the distinctive constitution of Europe, we must go back to its religious foundations. For the moral beliefs which Christianity fostered still underpin civil society in Europe, the institutions that surround us.” IfsWantStillsBeliefReligiousMoralChristianityEuropeConstitutionInstitutionsFoundationSurroundDistinctiveCivil SocietyMoral Beliefs Author:Larry Siedentop