no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
Thomas Jefferson
Related Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or bur... THOMAS JEFFERSON All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion; nor shall any be compelled to fre... THOMAS JEFFERSON Enforced uniformity confounds civil and religious liberty and denies the principles of Christianity ... ROGER WILLIAMS To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD Unlike all other forms of lute or combat the conditions are that the winner shall take nothing; neit... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children. THOMAS MIDDLETON If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or pett... ROBERT JACKSON To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy "To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to re... HENRY N. BEARD To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS I shall no longer be instructed by the Yoga Veda or the Aharva Veda, or the ascetics, or any other d... HERMANN HESSE The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreason... US CONSTITUTION That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wish... CHARLES TUPPER yet neither are those innocent who lay the bait in their way; that the opinions of men are not the o... THOMAS JEFFERSON And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be nor more death, neither sorrow... BIBLE The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? / He that hath cle... BIBLE No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but... BIBLE Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. BIBLE our civil rights have no dependance on our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics... THOMAS JEFFERSON Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to manki... SAMUEL ADAMS Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to manki... SAMUEL ADAMS The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he ... MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD Of this you may be assured, that you shall none of you suffer for your opinions or religion, so lo... CHARLES II Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or... ANONYMOUS It merely says, and I quote, 'equality of rights shall not be denied or abridged by the United State... CAROLYN MALONEY Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye
shall eat, or what ye shall drink;... BIBLE No baseness or cruelty of treason so deep or so tragic shall enter our human world, but that loyal l... JOSIAH ROYCE And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his se... BIBLE The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of fait... WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of fait... WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN For this is the Great Deed that our Lord shall do, in which Deed He shall save His word and He shall... JULIAN OF NORWICH Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercis... JAMES MADISON Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the fo... KHALIL GIBRAN Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the fo... KAHLIL GIBRAN Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll thei... BIBLE And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at al... BIBLE No man or woman shall dictate my character, behavior or worth. JAIME CONTRERAS Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems, You shall posses... WALT WHITMAN Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians ... ABDULLAH YUSUF ALI My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW If I know that I shall be as an angel, and more; if I shall behold all God has made; if he shall own... MATTHEW SIMPSON He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall t... BIBLE Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or... THOMAS JEFFERSON If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be dif... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be dif... JOHANN VON GOETHE Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it. JAMES CASH PENNEY And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, / If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and ... BIBLE I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who ... NEIL GAIMAN We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on th... WINSTON CHURCHILL No man shall be more exacting of me or my conduct than I am of myself. KARL G. MAESER He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. Exodus 21:17 BIBLE Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866 Christ was common to all in love, in teach... JAN VAN RUYSBROECK But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of t... BIBLE The question will arise and arise in your day, though perhaps not fully in mine: Which shall rule �... EDWARD G. RYAN For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou... BIBLE There is no reason to feel lost, for: Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost, No birth, identit... NICHOLAS SPARKS We shall neither fail nor falter; we shall not weaken or tire...give us the tools and we will finish... WINSTON CHURCHILL For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and
lose his own soul? or what shall... BIBLE Let me speak plainly: The United States of America is and must remain a nation of openness to people... RONALD REAGAN And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the wa... BIBLE Serene I told my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind or tide nor sea;
I rave no more 'gainst tim... JOHN BURROUGHS War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffe... ANATOLE FRANCE He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. BIBLE All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, ... BIBLE Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil
days come not, nor the years draw... BIBLE We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on th... WINSTON S. CHURCHILL My facts shall be falsehoods to the common sense. I would so state facts that they shall be signific... HENRY DAVID THOREAU He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. BIBLE Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no state has a right to make any new law, or to enforce... SUSAN B. ANTHONY Where lies the strangling fruit that came from the hand of the sinner I shall bring forth the seeds ... JEFF VANDERMEER For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place... BIBLE Nothing shall be lost that is done for God or in obedience to Him. JOHN OWEN Ask , and it shall be given until you. That is no vain or untried promise, Ruth! ELIZABETH GASKELL In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou know not whether s... COMPTON GAGE In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not
thine hand: for thou knowest not whet... BIBLE A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them o... THOMAS JEFFERSON When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell. DOLLEY MADISON To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be... AL GOLDSTEIN There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail t... MARY LYON And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters... BIBLE All persons harboring or secreting the conspirators or aiding their concealment or escape, will be t... EDWIN M. STANTON Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, no... BIBLE They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard... BIBLE Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, wh... EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS For in every soul that shall be saved is a Godly Will that never assented to sin, nor ever shall. JULIAN OF NORWICH The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. BIBLE The Plagiarism of orators is the art, or an ingenious and easy
mode, which some adroitly employ to ... ISAAC D'ISRAELI Religious fundamentalist haters and terrorists are not just saying that those who disagree with them... CHRISTINA ENGELA A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has... RALPH WALDO EMERSON When the souls rise up in glory, yours shall not be shunned nor sunderered, but shall be the prize o... LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD Fools can't understand even the gist by reading repeatedly the whole book; wise could comprehend eas... ANUJ SOMANY A wicked feels proud to see the crowd around oneself often, but a wise feels it is nice to spend mos... ANUJ SOMANY There is no surprise that every person’s words or thoughts have inherent voice and that clearly re... ANUJ SOMANY A wise does not have necessarily nice words but always good in intention; a wicked may have regularl... ANUJ SOMANY He who confesses magic or sorcery shall do penance for the time of murder, and shall be treated in t... SAINT BASIL
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