Freedom Of Religion Quotes - Page 4

• It is absolutely vital that we do all we can to allow Americans to practice their religious ways, while simultaneously ensuring that no one's beliefs infringe upon those of others. We should also serve as champions of freedom of religion throughout the world.

  Benjamin Carson

  Religious, Freedom, Practice

  "EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Ben Carson: ‘Absolutely Vital’ Americans Stand Up For Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law" by Alex Swoyer, www.breitbart.com. March 30, 2015.

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• A vigorous democracy a democracy in which there are freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech would never succumb to communism or any other ism.

  Helen Gahagan Douglas

  Freedom Of Speech, Democracy, Isms

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• The logic of freedom of religion implies freedom to be an atheist, even though, from a historical perspective, this has not been accepted in the Muslim world.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Atheist, Perspective, Historical

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I have no respect for the right-to-life position. But when you legislate personal belief, you're in violation of freedom of religion. The Catholic Church may espouse its opinion on abortion to the members of its congregation. But they are in violation of separation of church and state when they try to proselytize their abortion politics on people who are not Catholics.

  John Irving

  People, Abortion, Catholic

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• The Constitution does not guarantee freedom of worship - it guarantees freedom of religion. And this is what I call America's first freedom...

  Rick Warren

  America, Doe, Guarantees

  "Rick Warren On Roman Catholic Ewtn Network" by Ken Silva, apprising.org. May 20, 2014.

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• Some people say that we here have no freedom of religion, ... In reality, the people in that country are the ones who were forced to embrace a religion.

  Mahathir Mohamad

  Country, Reality, People

  "Parting salvo from Malaysia's iron man" by John Aglionby, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2003.

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• There is no society that protects freedom of religion more than secular democracies, because in societies where one religion rules, different viewpoints will be labelled as heresy and blasphemy. Why? Because the society is built on religion - not freedom for all points of view.

  Flemming Rose

  Views, Democracy, Different

  Source: theundercurrent.org

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• Our spirit is back, but we haven't reinstitutionalized it. We've got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom - freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. And freedom is special and rare. It's fragile; it needs production [protection].

  Ronald Reagan

  Jobs, America, Freedom Of Speech

  Ronald Reagan's Farewell Address to the Nation, www.reaganlibrary.gov. January 11, 1989.

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• Iran is a country that talks about, denies the Holocaust, promises to wipe out Israel, is engaged in terror throughout the world. This is a regime that is giving vent to the worst impulses that you see right now in the Middle East. They deny the rights of women, deny democracy, brutalize their own people, don't give freedom of religion.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Country, Rights, Israel

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• John Marshall's warning that the power to tax is the power to destroy has taken on far greater meaning... more specifically, the power of the Internal Revenue Service is threatening to destroy the freedom of religion , guaranteed by the First Amendment. As part of that guarantee, Congress has granted tax exemptions for churches to avoid excessive interference in their religious activities.

  Chuck Grassley

  Christian, Religious, Taken

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• In fact, it's the greatest threat to liberty of all kinds, whether it is freedom of religion, whether it is freedom of speech, whether it is freedom of the press, whether it is freedom of association, all of the rights that are enshrined in the First Amendment are threatened by the active, aggressive homosexual lobby and the homosexual agenda.

  Bryan Fischer

  Rights, Freedom Of Speech, Liberty

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• President Obama understands that, as a nation founded by those who fled religious persecution, freedom of religion is central to who we are as Americans. Our rights are not given to us by government, they are endowed by our Creator.

  Denis McDonough

  Religious, Rights, Government

  Denis McDonough's Speech on International Religious Freedom, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 12, 2012.

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• Everyone claims to be okay with freedom of religion, but the moment you mention God there is a strange tension that fills the air. If there was a 6th sense, that would be it.

  Criss Jami

  Air, Would Be, Strange

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.99, Criss Jami

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• And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.

  Mitt Romney

  Class, America, Honor

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• Liberalism is a creation of the seventeenth century, fathered by British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704). For Locke, liberalism means limited government, the rule of law, due process, liberty, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, separation of church and state, and separation of government powers into branches that oversee each other's authority.

  Peter Boghossian

  Mean, Law, Government

  Peter Boghossian (2013). “A Manual for Creating Atheists”, p.129, Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)

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• Pastor Saeed Abedini is coming home. Held for three and a half years, his unyielding faith has inspired people around the world in the global fight to uphold freedom of religion. Now Pastor Abedini will return to his church and community in Idaho.

  Barack Obama

  Home, Fighting, Idaho

  Statement by the President on Iran, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. January 17, 2016.

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• One of our greatest challenges here in America is that pogressives don't always stand with the progressive Muslims because in the interest of freedom of religion and civil liberties and political correctness, they don't want to offend cultural choices by Muslims. I know that people have gone to these interfaith sessions at different mosques and they see that the women end up in the basement, but they don't want to challenge anyone because they think, "Oh, well this is your way".

  Asra Nomani

  Thinking, People, Choices

  "Mohammed was a Feminist". Interview With April Dembosky, www.motherjones.com. December 19, 2005.

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• When immigrants come, the freedom to practice their faith is a guarantee. They may have trouble with their neighbors, but freedom of religion is part of the blueprint for America, and that is the recipe for the religious diversity that we have today.

  Diana L. Eck

  Religious, Practice, America

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I am not so much for the freedom of religion as I am for the religion of freedom.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Robert Green Ingersoll, Herman Eugene Kittredge (1909). “The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll”

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• If you live in a society where those who govern society and determine its path do not respect freedom of speech and freedom of religion, freedom of choice, freedom of assembly, and if there is no democratic process and no way to change the order of things by reason and peace and love and so on, and if, as a result of that, certain ideas in which you believe are being crushed, then I think the only way you can defend yourself against this violence is in using violence of your own.

  Pierre Trudeau

  Believe, Thinking, Order

  Source: presbyterianrecord.ca

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• The simple truth is that there isn't a single civil right I would deny to an evangelical Christian. I've defended their freedom of religion, of association, of disassociation, and believe they should be treated with respect. I wouldn't dream of drumming them out of the military, firing them for their faith, tearing up their relationships, or taking their children away from them. The favor, alas, is not returned.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Christian, Dream, Children

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• Islam is an ideology and there's a religious component to it that's radicalized and in some cases it masks itself behind that religion, especially in America, because of freedom of religion.

  Michael T. Flynn

  Religious, America, Islam

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Truth affirms freedom of speech. Putin is no friend of reli - freedom of speech. Putin is an enemy of freedom of religion. The U.S. celebrates freedom of religion. Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press. Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places or ideas that are in conflict.

  Benjamin E. Sasse

  Ideas, People, Political

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• The first phrase of the First Amendment spoke to the freedom uppermost in Jefferson's mind when it provided that, 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.' Here a double guarantee could be found: first, that government would do nothing to give official endorsement to a religion or to set one faith above another; second, that government would do nothing to inhibit the freedom of religion.

  Edwin Gaustad

  Exercise, Government, Law

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• America is supposed to pride itself on freedom of religion, race, and class. It's something that is carried on from ignorance and territorialism. I don't know if it's a transcendental pre-colonial mentality but I don't see too many other races of people trippin' about who is coming in and coming out. I think it's primarily racism disguised as class wars.

  Myka 9

  War, Ignorance, Pride

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