Freedom of religion does not entitle your religion to have a privileged position within the public sphere. — Gad Saad Copy Share Image
“Freedom is an expensive gift always worth fighting for. Even if it costs us!” — Marck E. Estemil Copy Share Image
The Americans who framed our Constitution felt that without freedom of religion no other freedom counted. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. — Lamar S. Smith Copy Share Image
When you legislate personal belief, you're in violation of freedom of religion. — John Irving Copy Share Image
America was founded by religious people; devout people who came here because they wanted freedom of religion, It's what made America different… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not… — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom… — Frank Murphy Copy Share Image
“It is error alone that needs the support of government.2 Truth can stand by itself. —THOMAS JEFFERSON, on freedom of religion” — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think the environment in which we operate is entirely too secular. The fact that we have freedom of religion doesn't… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I strongly believe in the separation of church and state. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion, there is… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
While even pornography is protected as free speech, the courts have consciously undermined religious speech and freedom of religion for years. — Ernest Istook Copy Share Image
I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', that religion or 'the duty which we owe to our Creator' and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under protection of habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I think both freedom of religion and freedom of expression are both fundamental human rights, everyone has not only the freedom and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
By a declaration of rights, I mean one which shall stipulate freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of commerce against… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am an Iranian by birth and of my Islamic faith. I am also an American Citizen and I seek to help… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have arisen to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
America is supposed to pride itself on freedom of religion, race, and class. It's something that is carried on from ignorance and… — Myka 9 Copy Share Image
“People who live at subsistence level want first things to be put first. They are not particularly interested in freedom of religion,… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“There is no need for us all to be alike and think the same way, neither do we need a common enemy… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“King: Should I specify for the realm what religion will be acceptable in this Kingdom, as the Emperor in the East did?… — Vann Turner Copy Share Image
If you live in a society where those who govern society and determine its path do not respect freedom of speech and… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
The first phrase of the First Amendment spoke to the freedom uppermost in Jefferson's mind when it provided that, 'Congress shall make… — Edwin Gaustad Copy Share Image
Our [Virginia's] act for freedom of religion is extremely applauded. The Ambassadors and ministers of the several nations of Europe resident at… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Considering he was neither priest nor scholar, the young man gave sensible, thoughtful replies -- the more so, perhaps, for being untrained,… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
One of our greatest challenges here in America is that pogressives don't always stand with the progressive Muslims because in the interest… — Asra Nomani Copy Share Image
“I believe that the universe was formed around 15 billion years ago and that humans have evolved from their apelike ancestors over… — Ronald P. Carver Copy Share Image
“Yet, if the phrase “separation of church and state” appears in no official founding document, then what is the source of that… — David Barton Copy Share Image
“Israel is one of the most multiracial and multicultural countries in the world. More than a hundred different countries are represented in… — Brigitte Gabriel Copy Share Image
“The new country lay open before me: there were no fences in those days, and I could choose my own way over… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“We can move to legalize same-gender civil marriage without harming any religious institution or dictating any change to the beliefs and practices… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
“Yet, it was precisely our failure to differentiate between work and politics, between reality and illusion; it was precisely our mistake of… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“Thirteen million Negroes in America have never known three of the “Four Freedoms” which America is supposedly spreading to the rest of… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
“When Lehman Brothers collapsed on September 15, 2008, and inaugurated the biggest crisis since the 1930s, there were no real alternatives to… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
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