Free Exercise

Famous quotes containing the words free exercise, free and/or exercise:

    “Religion, or the duty which we owe our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    “In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.”
    —Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)

    “New York is a meeting place for every race in the world, but the Chinese, Armenians, Russians, and Germans remain foreigners. So does everyone except the blacks. There is no doubt but that the blacks exercise great influence in North America, and, no matter what anyone says, they are the most delicate, spiritual element in that world.”
    —Federico García Lorca (1898–1936)