 | William Lee Miller - 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... | |
 | William F. Jr Cox - 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 any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall... | |
 | Phillip E. Hammond, David W. Machacek, Eric Michael Mazur - 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 any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall... | |
 | Philip Goff, Paul Harvey - 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 any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall... | |
 | Murray Dry - 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... | |
 | David W. Odell-Scott - 2004 - 404 pages
...be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them: Be it enacted by the General Assembly, 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... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison - 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 any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall... | |
 | F. Forrester Church - 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 any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall... | |
 | R. L. Worthy - 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 any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever." In that he has captured the actual sentiments of the founders so well, permit me to share... | |
 | Jonathan D. Sarna - 2005 - 516 pages
...Freedom (originally drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1779), went even further, with a ringing declaration that "no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever . . . but that all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain, their opinions... | |
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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... 
