| The Bible | |||
| The Magna Carta | |||
| The Declaration of the Independence | The U. S. Constitution | The Bill of Rights |
| "STATE" CONSTITUTIONS |
| Constitution of the State of Delaware - The First State - § 1. Freedom of religion: Section 1 - "...it is the duty of all persons frequently to assemble together for the public worship of Almighty God; and piety and morality, on which the prosperity of communities depends..." |
| Constitution of the State of Maryland - Maryland has had four Constitutions: 1776, 1851. 1864 (During the Civil War), 1867 |
| The Constitution of New York - From note [1]: "In 1649 a convention of the settlers petitioned the "Lords States-General of the United Netherlands" to grant them "suitable burgher government," such as their High Mightinesses shall consider adapted to this province, and resembling somewhat the government of our Fatherland," with certain permanent privileges and exemptions, that they might pursue "the trade of our country, as well along the coast from Terra Nova to Cape Florida as to the West Indies and Europe, whenever our Lord God shall be pleased to permit." (The Netherlands?!) |
| The Constitution of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 1874 - PREAMBLE: "WE, the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance, do ordain and establish this Constitution." |
| The Mises Institute |