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Religious Liberty Quotes
Source: Ronald Reagan
“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.”
Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Inaugural addresses and messages. Replies to public addresses. Indian addresses. Miscellaneous: 1. Notes on Virginia; 2. Biographical sketches of distinguished men; 3. The batture of New Orleans
Source: Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson
Source: The private correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D, F.R.S., &c. Minister Plenipontentiary from the United States of America at the court of France, and for the Treaty of Peace and Independence with Great Britain, &c. &c: comprising a series of letters on miscellaneous, literary, and political subjects written between the years 1753 and 1790, illustrating the memoirs of his public and private life, and developing the secret history of his political transactions and negociations
“The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions.”
Source: Jefferson: Political Writings
“The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction.”
Source: The Essential Jefferson
Source: The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws; Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, Including the Debate and Proceedings Thereon in the House of Delegates of Virginia and Other Documents Illustrative of the Report and Resolutions
Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799
Source: 1769-1793
Source: The Writings of James Madison: 1783-1787
Source: Among My Books: Six Essays
Source: The miscellaneous writings of Joseph Story ... ed. by his son, William W. Story
Source: On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams
Source: William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids
“America didn't create religious liberty. Religious liberty created America.”