 | Thomas J. Curry - 1987 - 289 sider
...State. In the Virginia Convention's Declaration of Rights, the new state rejected the proposition that "all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion" in favor of James Madison's proposed guarantee of the "free exercise of religion." Given his choice,... | |
 | Merrill D. Peterson, Robert C. Vaughan - 1988 - 392 sider
...discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the...religion, any man disturb the peace, the happiness, or safety of society. And that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and... | |
 | Kermit L. Hall - 2000 - 498 sider
...provisos. George Mason, chief architect of the religious liberty clause of the Declaration, proposed "that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the...religion any man disturb the peace, the happiness, or safety of society."164 Madison objected to the proposal on two grounds. First, he criticized the use... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1989 - 1346 sider
...men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you, Dean, for a very concise and thoughtful statement. My colleague... | |
 | William Roscoe Estep - 1990 - 240 sider
...article went on to declare, "can be governed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore ... all men should enjoy the fullest toleration...the exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience."27 The words as well as the sentiment expressed were but an echo of the petitions offered... | |
 | David Lawton - 1993 - 260 sider
...arguments to this day. Madison objected to the Bill of Rights adopted in 1776, with its guarantee that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the...unpunished and unrestrained by the magistrate, unless under the color of religion any man disturb the peace, thehappiness, f ;i,' safety of society. Madison objected... | |
 | Luis E. Lugo - 1995 - 290 sider
...supremacy of this duty, asserting that "all men are equally entitled to enjoy the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience,...unpunished and unrestrained by the magistrate, Unless the preservation of equal liberty and the existence of the State are manifestly endangered."60 In other... | |
 | Charles S. Hyneman - 1994 - 332 sider
...persons professing the Christian Religion" ought to enjoy equal rights and privileges in the state "unless, under color of religion, any man disturb the peace, the happiness or safety of society." And (also in Maryland) "no man ought to be compelled to give evidence against himself... | |
 | Richard Vetterli, Gary C. Bryner - 1996 - 294 sider
...discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the...religion any man disturb the peace, the happiness, or safety of society, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forebearance, love and... | |
 | Steven Douglas Smith - 1999 - 190 sider
...despotisms." 39 In framing Virginia's Declaration of Rights, Madison objected to George Mason's proposal that "all men should enjoy the fullest Toleration in the Exercise of Religion according to the Dictates of Conscience"; Madison offered an amendment "eliminating 'toleration' and putting in its place that... | |
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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; and, therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion,... 
