| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 37412 |
| QUOTATION: | [Religious liberty was] in its nature an inalienable right ... because the opinions of men, depending only upon the evidence contemplated by their minds, cannot follow the dictates of other men. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | James Madison (1751–1836), U.S. president. “Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessment” (1785). W.T. Hutchinson et al., The Papers of James Madison, vol. 8, p. 299, Chicago and Charlottesville, Virginia (1962-1991). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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