Charles Cotesworth Pinckney cytaty

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney – amerykański polityk i dyplomata, jeden z sygnatariuszy Konstytucji Stanów Zjednoczonych. Wikipedia  

✵ 25. Luty 1746 – 16. Sierpień 1825
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Cytaty po angielsku

“The legislature of the United States shall pass no law on the subject of religion nor touching or abridging the liberty of the press.”

Resolution offered in the Philadelphia Convention, May 29, 1787. The United States Constitution was enacted without any protection for religion or the press, but with the understanding that a Bill of Rights would shortly be enacted to address these concerns.

“No; no; not a sixpence.”

Letter to Timothy Pickering (October 27, 1797), relating the American response to a French request for a tribute or bribe, in State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, 3d ed. (1819), vol. 3, p. 492. The French had seized several American ships. Often misquoted as "...not a penny".