The right of conscience
The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for the liberty, free exercise, and unmolested enjoyment of this right. Ezra Stiles
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The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for the liberty, free exercise, and unmolested enjoyment of this right. Ezra Stiles
Unalienable rights are essential limitations to all governments. Francis Hutcheson
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such … Read more
God forbid that the day should ever come when, in the American mind, the thought of man as a consumer shall submerge the old American thought of man as a creature of God, endowed with unalienable rights. Benjamin Harrison
What makes us exceptional – what makes us American – is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, … Read more
Last time I checked, Congress was created to uphold the values of the Constitution, not the Bible and its biased teachings. ‘All men (including women) are created equal’ and are afforded unalienable rights. Way to go, Mr. President! Stand up for what you believe and for the people of this country. Barack Obama
The right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children is among the unalienable rights with which the Declaration of Independence proclaims ‘all Men are endowed by their Creator.’ Antonin Scalia
The whole of the Bill [of Rights] is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals… It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of. Albert Gallatin
There was a time when most Americans held to the notion that the only sure and secure foundation for freedom was God – the Source of unalienable rights and the Policeman stationed in every human heart… But apparently, we don’t believe in that sort of thing anymore. Alan Keyes
The Declaration of Independence summarizes the civic principles of American life. It agrees with this biblical perspective when it affirms that we are all created equal and endowed by the Creator, God, with our unalienable rights. Alan Keyes