Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.
9th Amendment--this amendment protects individuals rights not mentioned specifically in the first 8 Amendments or the Constitution.
This amendment has been the driving force of civil rights movements and the rights of individuals in the US. Many Supreme Court decisions regarding individual rights fall to this amendment for their decision making. <span />
