“What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small.” GovernmentNationsReligiousVirtueRightsCitizensPortionsIndulgenceTolerationReligious Rights Author:Richard Mentor Johnson
“In a free Government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other in the multiplicity of sects. The degree of security in both cases, will depend on the number of interests and sects; and this may be presumed to depend on the extent of country and number of People comprehended under the same Government.” PeopleMayCountryGovernmentInterestReligiousNumbersCasesRightsSecurityDependsDegreesCivil RightsSectsMultiplicityFree GovernmentReligious Rights Book:The Federalist Source: The Federalist
“His Majesty's Government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.” PeopleMayCountryDoneUseHomeGovernmentPoliticalCommunityReligiousViewsRightsObjectsAchievementUnderstoodPrejudiceJewEnjoyedEstablishmentOther CountriesFavourPalestineMajestyEndeavourFacilitateJewish CommunityJewish NationalReligious Rights Author:Arthur Balfour