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> [“Thus individuals and communities of all faiths, or of none, enjoy two basic rights. One is the right to an autonomous social existence, free of unwarranted suppression or intrusion by government or other social actors. The other is the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/thus-individuals-and-communities-of-all-faiths-or-of-none-enjoy-two/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

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## More by Timothy Shah

> [“This is what is meant by conscience: it is not a mysterious, extra-rational faculty, but the best and final judgment of our reason concerning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/this-is-what-is-meant-by-conscience-it-is-not-a-mysterious-extra/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“But the acts by which governments and societies repress and control the religious lives of people are mostly quotidian and unspectacular, taking place well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/but-the-acts-by-which-governments-and-societies-repress-and-control/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“Any government that presumes to direct how its people relate to ultimate truths either believes it is the only guide to those truths, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/any-government-that-presumes-to-direct-how-its-people-relate-to/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“It follows from this that it is those who fail to promote religious freedom for all people with the same vigor with which they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/it-follows-from-this-that-it-is-those-who-fail-to-promote-religious/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“Thus individuals and communities of all faiths, or of none, enjoy two basic rights. One is the right to an autonomous social existence, free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/thus-individuals-and-communities-of-all-faiths-or-of-none-enjoy-two/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“The fourth and final dimension of religious freedom in full is the right—both individually and as part of a larger religious community—to express religious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/the-fourth-and-final-dimension-of-religious-freedom-in-full-is-the/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“Religious freedom, then, is the freedom of human will, reason, and conscience, of human souls and spirits, to explore and embrace whatever they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/religious-freedom-then-is-the-freedom-of-human-will-reason-and/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“The Hudson Institute study found that religious liberty is powerfully associated with civil and political liberty, press freedom, economic freedom, and prolonged democracy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/the-hudson-institute-study-found-that-religious-liberty-is-powerfully/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“Religious freedom is embedded within a much larger bundle of civil liberties. At the core of religious expression is the freedom of speech and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/religious-freedom-is-embedded-within-a-much-larger-bundle-of-civil/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“First, societies lacking full religious liberty lack a critical restriction on state power. When citizens are free to have an ultimate commitment to something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/first-societies-lacking-full-religious-liberty-lack-a-critical/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“We believe that liberty of religious faith is the first and foremost freedom in human society, is a universal value in the international community,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/we-believe-that-liberty-of-religious-faith-is-the-first-and-foremost/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“Religious repression is the denial of the very essence of what it means to be human.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/religious-repression-is-the-denial-of-the-very-essence-of-what-it/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“freedom of religion has both private and public dimensions. It is the freedom to pray, to worship, to commune with one’s fellows of like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/freedom-of-religion-has-both-private-and-public-dimensions-it-is-the/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

> [“fact, by any reasonable standard, global religious repression constitutes a human rights catastrophe. As noted earlier, the nonpartisan Pew Research Center concluded in 2009…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-shah/fact-by-any-reasonable-standard-global-religious-repression/)

[Timothy Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-shah/)

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