Our patients are not coming to, quote, 'exercise their constitutional rights'. They want to talk about prayer and forgiveness.

The reality of abortion isn't political at all. Women don't come in here and say, 'I want to exercise my constitutional right.' It's a personal, emotional decision. Most women express relief, but some talk about sadness and loss.

It's an exercise in futility, because Europeans still have their rights under their national laws.

We said a prayer to really thank God for entering the hearts and minds of voters so they would exercise their right to vote.

When prayer is legislated, you infringe on other people's rights

Contemporaries relate that hearing Martin Luther pray was "an experience in theology". They said the reformer began praying with such humility that he could be pitied, only to proceed with such boldness before God that the human hearer would fear for him.