Excerpt from an Cook's address to the University of Notre Dame Australia:
“Today, the spirit of the Magna Carta lives on in the religious freedoms Australia and the United States secure to churches, religious organizations, and individual believers. In the American colonies, the Magna Carta was drawn on heavily in both the Declaration of Independence and the First Amendment to the American Constitution.........People of faith must be at the forefront in protecting religious freedom — a freedom from which many other essential freedoms emanate. Freedom of religion and freedom of speech are both at the heart and the foundation of representative democracy. Freedom to believe in private and to exercise belief and speech in the public square are essential to protecting inalienable rights.” --Quentin L Cook 05.27.15 [University of Notre Dame Australia]
