 | Charles S. Hyneman - 1994 - 332 lapas
...shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever. . . . [T]he rights hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind, and ... if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present, or to narrow its operation, such act... | |
 | J. F. Maclear - 1995 - 534 lapas
...to our own, and that therefore to declare this act to be irrevocable would be of no effect in law; yet we are free to declare, and do declare, that the...such act will be an infringement of natural right. Source: William W. Hening (ed.), The Statutes at Large, Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia... | |
 | Paul R. Mendes-Flohr, Jehuda Reinharz - 1995 - 772 lapas
...to our own, and that, therefore, to declare this act to be irrevocable would be of no effect in law; yet we are free to declare, and do declare, that the...such act will be an infringement of natural right. NOTE 1 . This bill was based on a bill originally framed in 1779 by Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the... | |
 | Lance Banning - 1995 - 264 lapas
...equal to our own, and that therefore to declare this act irrevocable would be of no effect in law; yet we are free to declare, and do declare, that the...such act will be an infringement of natural right. 4. James Madison, A Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, June, 1785 We the subscribers,... | |
 | Gordon S. Wood, Louise G. Wood - 1995 - 316 lapas
...affect their civil capacities."67 The bill concluded by emphasizing that "the rights hereby asserted are the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act...operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right."68 This bill establishing religious liberty made Jefferson widely known both in the New and... | |
 | V. Norskov Olsen - 1996 - 116 lapas
...affect their civil capacities." The closing paragraph stipulates, "that the rights hereby asserted, are natural rights of mankind; and that if any act shall...present or to narrow its operation, such act will be in infringement of natural right."39 The three writings by Roger Williams, James Madison, and Thomas... | |
 | Edwin S. Gaustad - 1996 - 268 lapas
...it. And so, reaching once again into the basic faith of the Enlightenment, Jefferson proclaimed that "we are free to declare, and do declare, that the...hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind." May any future legislative body be warned that if it in any way revised or amended this Statute, it... | |
 | Daniel C. Palm - 1997 - 230 lapas
...own, and that therefore to declare this act to be irrevocable would be of no effect in law; yet as we are free to declare, and do declare, that the rights...natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall hereafter be passed to repeal the present, or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement... | |
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... restrain the acts of succeeding assemblies, constituted with powers equal to our own, and that therefore to declare this act to be irrevocable would be of no effect in law; yet we are free to declare, and do declare, that the rights hereby asserted... 
