“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of a religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, or to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
 
First Amendment, United States Constitution
 
“… that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”  
 
Gettysburg Address
 
In the First Amendment to the Constitution, the First Congress and 11 states succinctly defined five ...