James Madison Quotes About Freedom Of Religion

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  • Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

    Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates, J. W. Randolph, James Madison (1850). “The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws; Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, Including the Debate and Proceedings Thereon in the House of Delegates of Virginia and Other Documents Illustrative of the Report and Resolutions”, p.136
  • No power over the freedom of religion [is] delegated to the United States by the Constitution.

  • I flatter myself [we] have in this country extinguished forever the ambitious hope of making laws for the human mind.

    James Madison (1787). “The Writings of James Madison: 1783-1787”, p.216
  • Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', 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.

    James Madison (1787). “The Writings of James Madison: 1783-1787”, p.184
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James Madison

  • Born: March 16, 1751
  • Died: June 28, 1836
  • Occupation: 4th U.S. President