quotes

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties."

—John Milton

The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right."

—Memorial and Remonstrance, 1785, James Madison

No man, therefore, with whatsoever ecclesiastical office he be dignified, can deprive another man that is not of his church and faith either liberty or of any part of his worldly goods upon the account of that difference between them in religion."

—John Locke

…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 or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish enlarge, or affect their civil capacities"

—Thomas Jefferson