WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:53:38 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg freedom of petition – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Madison, James -- Speech Introducing Proposed Constitutional Amendments (1789-06-08) https://wist.info/madison-james/60395/ https://wist.info/madison-james/60395/#respond Fri, 21 Apr 2023 21:37:02 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=60395 The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, infringed.

The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.

The people shall not be restrained from peaceably assembling and consulting for their common good; nor from applying to the Legislature by petitions, or remonstrances, for redress of their grievances.


James Madison (1751–1836) American statesman, political theorist, US President (1809–17)
Speech Introducing Proposed Constitutional Amendments (1789-06-08)

Speech before the House of Representatives, proposing a Bill of Rights amending the US Constitution. This was the first draft of the text that would go on to become the First Amendment. ]]> https://wist.info/madison-james/60395/feed/ 0 60395