...coercive force in the assimilation of religion. It is, said Madison, a fundamental and undeniable truth That religion or the duty which we owe to our creator...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence. The religion, then, of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it...

...employees is to violate the freedom of the organization to exercise its religion. James Madison said that "'religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence.' (Virginia Declaration of Rights, Art. 16). The religion then of every man must be left to the conviction...

...remonstrate against the said bill, — 1st. Because, We hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." The religion, then, of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it...

...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. That Religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of ail to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity, towards each other. Mason's inclusion of...

...of the great bulwalks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. "Article 16: That religion, or the duty which we owe to our...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ..." Those are the words of freedom, and of the inherent rights to which...

...man nur Lehrer seiner eigenen Konfession unterstützen mußte92. Die Beschränkung des Abgeordneten85 »That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, aecording to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian...

...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. That Religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...all men are equally entitled to the free exercise ofreli> gion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice...

...appropriate and adopted as the sixteenth article a broader guarantee of religious freedom. It provided: "That Religion or the Duty which we owe to our Creator...force or Violence and therefore all Men are equally intitled to the free exercise of Religion according to the Dictates of Conscience And that it is the...

...touching religion, or to infringe the rights of conscience." New Hampshire Proposal, June 21, 1788. 2. "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates...

...We remonstrate against the said Bill, 1. Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is...