Richard Mentor Johnson Quotes

Richard Mentor Johnson — American Politician born on October 17, 1780, died on November 19, 1850

Richard Mentor Johnson was the ninth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren. He is the only vice president ever elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate; he began and ended his political career in the Kentucky House of Representatives... (wikipedia)

Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness.

What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small.

Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances.

Richard Mentor Johnson Quotes

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