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Religion Quotes by Barack Obama

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Barack Obama explains that faith can include doubt and that no one holds a monopoly on truth. He points out that the United States is not a Christian nation, despite a large Christian population. He also reminds us that attacks on any group hurt everyone.

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The silence killed your faith.

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Religious concerns ok, if translated into universal values.

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My faith reminds me that we all are sinners.

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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

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Faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts.

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Every major world religion has identified marriage as between a man and a woman.

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Tim Kaine has a message of fiscal responsibility and generosity of spirit. That kind of message can sell anywhere.

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We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.

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I'm a big believer in tolerance. I think that religion at it's best comes with a big dose of doubt.

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Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs

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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.

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The United States, we know what happens when we start dividing ourselves along lines of race or religion or ethnicity.

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Progressives should recognize common morality with religion.

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Their [the evangelicals'] success also points to a hunger for the product they are selling, a hunger that goes beyond any particular…

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There are certain occupations - probably, most prominently, politics - where there would be a bias against somebody who's agnostic or atheist…

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Politics, differences of religion or race, all that fades away when we are confronted with the awesome power of nature, and we're…

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Let's make two things clear: Isil is not "Islamic." No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of Isil's…

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If we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with…

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In our democracy and our civic discourse, it seems as if folks who take religion the most seriously are sometimes also those…

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I think that the issues we have with science these days are not restricted to what's happening with respect to religion. There…

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I think the average American, if they go to the workplace, somebody's next to 'em, they're not poking around trying to figure…

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The values that we share - freedom of speech, freedom of religious practice, freedom for civil society, free and fair elections, all…

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We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's…

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So I came to my Christian faith later in life, and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me…

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One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider…

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Even as Ramadan holds profound meaning for the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, it is also a reminder to people of all faiths…

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I believe that the starting point of faith is some doubt, not bein' so full of yourself and so confident that you…

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Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent.…

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At some fundamental level, religion does not allow for compromise. It insists on the impossible. If God has spoken, then followers are…

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Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass,…

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Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that their proposals be…

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All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children…

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“faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts... [you] still experience the same greed, resentment, lust, and anger that everyone else experienced...…

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I didn't become a Christian until many years later, when I moved to the South Side of Chicago after college. It happened…

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Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of…

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I think that our politics everywhere are gonna be going through this bumpy phase. But as long as we stay true to…

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“There are a whole lot of religious people in America, including the majority of Democrats. When we abandon the field of religious…

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Listening to evangelicals bridges major political fault line.

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We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.

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This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in…

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