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title: "1 Liberty Religious Quotes By Timothy Shah"
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> [“We believe that liberty of religious faith is the first and foremost freedom in human society, is a universal value in the international community, and is also the foundation for other political and property rights. Without the universal and equitable…](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/)

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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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