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“In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the general government. I have therefore undertaken on no occasion to prescribe the religious exercises suited to it; but have left them as the Constitution found them, under the direction and discipline of State or Church authorities acknowledged by the several religious societies.”

Matter States Government Found Left Church Religious Discipline Exercise Authority Constitution Independent Occasions Separation Of Church And State

Book:Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way

Source: Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way

“Religion and liberty are inseparable. Religion is voluntary, and cannot, and ought not to be forced. This is a fundamental article of the American creed, without distinction of sect or party. Liberty, both civil and religious, is an American instinct. Such liberty is impossible on the basis of a union of church and state, where the one of necessity restricts or controls the other. It requires a friendly separation, where each power is entirely independent in its own sphere.”

“Child! Turn your face to the light, to the science, to the reason, to the truth, to the peace! Child! Be modern, be compassionate, be individual, and be independent! Child! Don't be the man of anyone or any system, don't believe in any religious stories, and don't ever be silent against any oppressor! Child, turn your face to the light and walk towards the light!”

Men Believe Children Reason Stories Light Faces Science Turns Individual Peace Religious Walks Modern He Man Independent Silent Don't Believe Your Face Compassionate Oppressors

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Independent of the critique I'm making, I'm just trying to paint a more comprehensive portrait of American religion than you get from a right versus left, religious conservatives versus secular liberal, believer versus atheist, binary. Too often, we just look at religion in America through that kind of either/or lens. I think it's much more complicated than that.”

Thinking Trying Looks Kind America Left Religious Independent Paint Atheist Complicated Believer Secular Portraits Versus Lenses Comprehensive Critique Binary Either Or

Author:Ross Douthat

“For many American-Jewish writers, the dominant motifs have been cultural, secular, sometimes comic, often satirical. Writing about the religious component of Judaism, I found my own themes independent of the New York experience and the immigrant experience.”

Writing Sometimes Religious Independent Comic Secular Judaism Satirical

Author:Allegra Goodman

“The desire to have meaning and messages in a neutral way, independent of religious commitments, corrupts scholarly work on the Bible, because it suppresses the reality of the presence of God as the key to biblical understanding.”

Reality Desire Understanding Religious Commitment Independent Biblical Presence Of God Scholarly

Author:Vern Poythress

“The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.”

“If we look more closely, we see that any violent display of power, whether political or religious, produces an outburst of folly in a large part of mankind; indeed, this seems actually to be a psychological and sociological law: the power of some needs the folly of others. It is not that certain human capacities, intellectual capacities for instance, become stunted of destroyed, but rather that the upsurge of power makes such an overwhelming impression that men are deprived of their independent judgment, and...give up trying to assess the new state of affairs for themselves.”

Source: Letters Papers from Prison

“Hindustan had become free. Pakistan had become independent soon after its inception but man was still slave in both these countries -- slave of prejudice … slave of religious fanaticism … slave of barbarity and inhumanity.”

Men Stills Country Religious Prejudice Independent Slave Pakistan Fanaticism Inhumanity Inception Barbarity

Author:Saadat Hasan Manto

“While it is true that science, to the extent of its grasp of causative connections, may reach important conclusions as to the compatibility and incompatibility of goals and evaluations, the independent and fundamental definitions regarding goals and values remain beyond science's reach.”

May Important Science Values Goal Religious Connections Independent Fundamentals Definitions Conclusion Evaluation Compatibility Incompatibility

Book:Ideas and Opinions

Source: Ideas and Opinions

“The right to criticize: the right to hold unpopular beliefs; the right to protest; the right of independent thought. The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood... Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own.”

Should Soul Political Belief Religious Rights Citizens Exercise Cost Independent Reputation Protest Criticize Livelihood American Citizens Independent Thought

Author:Margaret Chase Smith

“The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it's divisive and it's dangerous.”

People Reason Enough Religion Religious Atheism Dangerous Independent Religious Faith Discouraging Independent Thought Enough Is Enough

Author:Richard Dawkins