"What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small."

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Source : "Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence, Volume I: To 1877". Book by William Bruce Wheeler, Volume 2, p. 149, January 1, 2011.

Richard Mentor Johnson

#Religious Quotes #Rights Quotes #Government Quotes

“We had one thing in common - we were in love. But love is just a gift, and it doesn't answer everything and it's like a precious plant that you have to nurture and look after and all that.”
“Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“God sits enthroned, ready to listen, to help.”

Source : Margaret Feinberg (2012). “Wonderstruck: Awaken to the Nearness of God”, p.67, Worthy Publishing
“Environmentalists have a very conflicted relationship with their cars.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Americans don't know a lot about the Middle East - [they] don't know we laugh.”
“It's less a matter of looking the other way than of closing our eyes to what we can't stop from happening.”
“Clutter is postponed decisions.”
“[A]ny notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, had disappeared. Leisure became entertainment.”

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