Quotes about Rights
The religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate.
- James Madison
Civil officials have no business meddling in private religious affairs.
- Thomas Jefferson
We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the state, and vice versa.
- Jimmy Carter
Religion and liberty are inseparable. Religion is voluntary, and cannot and ought not to be forced.
- Philip Schaff
In our country we ask no toleration for religion and its free exercise, but we claim it as an inalienable right.
- Philip Schaff
[O]ur rules can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God.
- Thomas Jefferson
Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
- Ben Carson
Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the rule of law.
- Lyndon B. Johnson
Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Socialism values equality more than liberty.
- Dennis Prager
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
- Thomas Jefferson
The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.
- Andrew Jackson