President Trump’s Presidential Proclamation on Religious Freedom Day
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-religious-freedom-day-2019/
Found these parts particularly poignant:
“Authored by Thomas Jefferson, the statute set forth the principle that religious liberty is an inherent right and not a gift of the state. Jefferson’s statute served as the inspiration and model for the legal architecture of the conscience protections in the First Amendment, drafted by James Madison just a few years later.”
and
“Our Nation was founded on the premise that a just government abides by the “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” As the Founders recognized, the Constitution protects religious freedom to secure the rights endowed to man by his very nature. On this day, we recognize this history and affirm our commitment to the preservation of religious freedom.”
Just like religious freedom is considered an inherent right, not a gift of the state, the same can be said for our other constitutional rights.