Occupation: Former United States Senator Birth: April 29, 1745 Death: November 26, 1807
Legislatures have no right to set up an inquisition and examine into the private opinions of men. Test-laws are useless and ineffectual, unjust and t….
Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates to maintain the….
The sole purpose and effect of it is to exclude persecution and to secure the important right of religious liberty..
All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting good of the present wr….
The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be abuses an….
Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred nex….
Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world..
The Thirteen States are Thirteen Sovereign bodies..