| Richard M Battistoni - Law - 2000 - 198 pages
...USConst., Amend. I. 155 "Well aware that Almighty God hath created the mind free; . . . that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation...opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical; . . . We, the General Assembly, do enact, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - Campaign funds - 2000 - 1012 pages
...an individual is entitled to his or her own beliefs. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson stated that "to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation...opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical." ' Mr. Jefferson a admonition is as compelling today as when he spoke those words over 200 years ago.... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - Campaign funds - 2000 - 1018 pages
...an individual is entitled to his or her own beliefs. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson stated that "to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical."1 Mr. Jefferson s admonition is as compelling today as when he spoke those words over 200... | |
| Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time: that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his... | |
| Bradley A. Smith - Political Science - 2009 - 320 pages
...views that those Americans find to be wrong or even abhorrent. Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation...opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical," and many Americans still feel that way today. Whether or not they should feel that way is not terribly... | |
| James G. Dwyer - Education - 2002 - 268 pages
...a faith to which they did not subscribe." It cited Thomas Jefferson's admonition that " 'to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation...opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical.' "22 The court also noted James Madison's fear that the slightest breach of the wall separating church... | |
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