For this is one of the ancientest laws among them; that no man shall be blamed for reasoning in the maintenance of his own religion.
Source: Utopia, bk. 2, Of the Religions in Utopia (1516).
-- Thomas More, (Feb 7 1478-1535), English humanist , statesman; He was the chancellor of England, 1529-32, who was beheaded for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England.