Religious Liberty

Famous quotes containing the words religious liberty, religious and/or liberty:

    [Religious liberty was] in its nature an inalienable right ... because the opinions of men, depending only upon the evidence contemplated by their minds, cannot follow the dictates of other men.
    James Madison (1751–1836)

    Good religious men, with the love of men in their hearts, and the means to pay their toll in their pockets.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    When the people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.
    George Savile, Lord Halifax (1633–1695)