Most importantly, religions provide the essential sources and scales of dignity and responsibility, shame and respect, restraint and regret, restitution and reconciliation that a human rights regime needs to survive and flourish in any culture. In the human rights mission, religion has played its part right from the start in two ways. First, freedom of worship (or non worship) is one of the fundamental human freedoms. ... Secondly, religion, with all that belongs to it, i.e. beliefs as well as institutions, also falls under the universal norms.
Roger Sherman of Connecticut
That came from an elite, privileged background.
