 That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions...  A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidentsby United States. President - 1922 - 7116 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Citizen of Massachusetts, Alfred Ellingwood Giles - Bigamy - 1882 - 80 pages
...dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. II. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on... | |
 | William Lee Miller - Religion - 2003 - 300 pages
...contributions ... for the propagation of opinions he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical" and, in a footnote, "no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship...." Thus, Madison and sometimes Jefferson as well have been adduced mostly in support of a more thoroughgoing... | |
 | F. Forrester Church - History - 2004 - 182 pages
...dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on... | |
 | William F. Jr Cox - Education - 2004 - 558 pages
...religious beliefs were declared free from civil control. The main thrust of this Act reads as follows: That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison - History - 2004 - 340 pages
...dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. WE the General Assemhly of Virginia do enact1** that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on... | |
 | Philip Goff, Paul Harvey - Religion - 2004 - 404 pages
...Jefferson described his own understanding of the nature of religion, the Virginia statute provides "that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on... | |
 | Phillip E. Hammond, David W. Machacek, Eric Michael Mazur - Law - 2004 - 204 pages
...dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support...worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on... | |
 | Murray Dry - Law - 2004 - 324 pages
...he recommended that the state governments prosecute libelous speech. Furthermore, the bill resolved that "no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry," or in any way "suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief."21 When Jefferson was elected... | |
 | R. L. Worthy - History - 2004 - 125 pages
...not only had the revolution been fought and won— the fact is that these words speak for themselves: "No man shall be compelled to frequent or support...religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever." In that he has captured the actual sentiments of the founders so well, permit me to share this comment... | |
 | David W. Odell-Scott - Political Science - 2004 - 404 pages
...protect the same rights that Virginia's bill sought to protect, 96 Justice Black quotes Jefferson, "No man shall be compelled to frequent or support...religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever." 97 Based on this history, Justice Black penned some of the most oft-quoted language concerning the... | |
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