 | Edwin S. Gaustad - 1996 - 268 Seiten
...gradually broke those ecclesiastical bonds. With us now, wrote Jefferson, it was axiomatic that "our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them." Freedom of the mind and freedom of religion had not been so submitted to such authorities, nor would... | |
 | Mary C. Segers, Ted G. Jelen - 1998 - 216 Seiten
...as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have no authority over such natural rights, only as we have...could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it... | |
 | Timothy Hall, Timothy L. Hall - 1998 - 220 Seiten
...on the State of Virginia that the rights of conscience could not be surrendered to civil authority. "The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God."76 But Jefferson does not appear to have recognized any possibility that the government, acting... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1999 - 676 Seiten
...the mind, as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws.1 But our rulers can have authority over such natural rights, only...could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 1999 - 212 Seiten
...as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have no authority over such natural rights, only as we have...conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. While Jefferson had primarily in mind the free exercise of religion, it is certainly the case that... | |
 | Peter McNamara - 1999 - 278 Seiten
...he explained the purpose of the Virginia Statute in his Notes on the State of Virginia, "Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them," Jefferson argued, noting that "the rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit" because... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 Seiten
...the mind, as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as...could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God." Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVII, in Writings, p. 285. This applies to the... | |
 | William Howard Adams - 1997 - 368 Seiten
...operations of the mind, as well as the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as...could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it... | |
 | Catharine Cookson - 2001 - 288 Seiten
...a religious matter, and his line here is drawn at a point quite familiar to the two kingdoms type: The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers ot government extend to such acts only as arc injurious to others. But it... | |
 | Joy Hakim - 2003 - 356 Seiten
...as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have no authority over such natural rights, only as we have...could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it... | |
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But our rulers can have no authority over such natural rights, only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. 
