Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! — Patrick Henry. American Founding Father, Governor of Virginia (1776–1779; 1784–1786) Freedom, Life & Death, War & Peace
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.
It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.