So the question is, First, Whether the civil magistrate hath power to force men in things religious to do contrary to their conscience, and if they will not to punish them in their goods, liberties, or lives? this we hold in the negative.

As long as the people persist in voting for or against men on account of their religious views, just so long will hypocrisy hold place and power.

Our sovereignty may be dependent on our ability to eavesdrop on transmissions between our enemies on the outside and those on the inside with sympathies for them. I trust my ability to determine who to mark for examination and so will you.

Baptists are very strong believers that the civil magistrate is ordained by God to punish those who do evil.

I know that we will be judged in history by not only how we disrupt terrorism but how we protect the civil liberties and constitutional rights of all Americans, even Americans who don't wish us well. We must do all these things exceptionally well.

Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties.