This country was founded by men and women who were…

This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and…

— John F. Kennedy

New Mexico is full of brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to service.

— Tom Udall

Our greatest strength in our fight for justice is our people - the thousands of men and women who have dedicated their careers, often…

— William Barr

But I think it is also important that we pay tribute and acknowledge another great principle, and that is the principle of religious conviction.…

— John F. Kennedy

This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and…

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

The United States, after all, was founded by men of liberal sentiment who were seeking to promote the greatest good for the greatest number,…

— Douglas Massey

We must never forget that this coutry was founded by men who came to these shores to worship God as they pleased. Catholics, Jews,…

— Harry S. Truman

“Does religious conviction provide a powerful reason for killing? Undeniably it often does. It also often provides the sole compelling reason for refusing to…

— David Bentley Hart

Worst of all, however, is the devastation wrought by the misuse of religious conviction for political ends. In truth, we cannot sharply enough attack…

— Adolf Hitler

No Legislature can really destroy a religious conviction, except by exterminating its holders. It is historically too late to do that, and we shall…

— Henry Parry Liddon

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.

— Harold Laski

As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I speak as a private citizen and not as a representative of the Executive Branch of the United States government. The impression that people…

— Richard Dawkins

People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.

— Umberto Eco

The power of these recommendations is that they come from leaders representing a broad spectrum of religious conviction. At the table were people with…

— Charles Haynes