 | Duke University. Trinity College Historical Society - 1897 - 720 strani
...ought to be exempted upon payment of the equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. "20. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and inalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | Wilhelm Altmann - 1897 - 588 strani
...established within the limits thereof. Sect 15. That no free government or the blessings of liberty can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence...by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. Sect. 16. That religion or the duty, which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1898 - 884 strani
...ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. 2oth. That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right, to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates... | |
 | Frederick Albert Cleveland - 1898 - 560 strani
...is such as to preclude such restraints. As to religion, it has come to be the established doctrine. "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1898 - 548 strani
...several conventions to include this provision in their declarations of rights. Religion was defined as " the duty which we owe to our Creator; and the manner...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence" — a broad application of the doctrine of natural rights, whence it was concluded that all men were... | |
 | James Madison - 1787 - 446 strani
...We remonstrate against the said Bill, 1. Because we hold it fora fundamental and undeniable truth, " that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." ' The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man ; and it... | |
 | James Madison - 1901 - 440 strani
...We remonstrate against the said Bill, 1. Because we hold it fora fundamental and undeniable truth, " that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence."1 The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man... | |
 | James Madison - 1900 - 630 strani
...or established, within the limits thereof. 17. That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence...by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 1 8. That Religion, or the duty which we owe to our CREATOR, and the manner of discharging it, can... | |
 | Mabel Hill - 1901 - 492 strani
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entiled to the free exercise of religion, Freedom of according to the dictates of conscience ; and... | |
 | David Loyd Pulliam - 1901 - 188 strani
...ought to be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent, to employ another to bear arms in his stead. "20. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...not by force or violence, and, therefore, all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates... | |
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That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence... 
