Freedom arises from a multiplicity of sects, which pervades America, and is the best and only security for religious liberty in America. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Most of the ugly wars in history have been wars of religion. And there's nothing more dangerous than someone with religious certitude… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
The rights [to religious freedom] are of the natural rights of mankind, and ... if any act shall be ... passed to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think it's very sad that the political landscape is so dotted with religious extremists who feel the need to infringe upon… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Muslim immigrants like himself encounter prejudice here [in U.S.] but also find political and religious freedom. — Tom Gjelten Copy Share Image
Many sweat to reconcile St Paul and St James, but in vain. 'Faith justifies' and 'faith does not justify' contradict each other… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When I was running for governor, I was attacked pretty strongly because of my position on the death penalty. But I looked… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
I believe that a religious conversion is the only way to stimulate the peoples of the industrialized nations to be willing to… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion that all the finer speculations in the realm of science spring from a deep religious feeling, and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Her [Jurdge Sandra Day O'Connor] judgment has also been critical in protecting our environmental rights. She joined in 5-4 majorities affirming reproductive… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
The Holy Scriptures lead us to God and open the path to the knowledge of God. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. To deny… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
This willful deafness to religious argument, so new in our history, has had various effects. A principal one is encouragement of the… — William Murchison Copy Share Image
With the advance of knowledge, therefore, prayer and sacrifice assume the leading place in religious ritual; and magic; which once ranked with… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
It's as though either you accept [religious] doctrine and then you can have all the nice stuff, or you reject the doctrine… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
The grace of forgiveness, because God Himself has paid the price, is a Christian distinctive and stands splendidly against our hate-filled, unforgiving… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
We in Africa are always on the receiving end. We have had human slavery, political slavery, economic slavery and now religious slavery.… — Peter Akinola Copy Share Image
I was referencing the Bible: "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" But I'm not religious. I just thought it was a… — Ryan Hemsworth Copy Share Image
There are only two possible forms of control: one internal and the other external; religious control and political control. They are of… — Juan Donoso Cortes Copy Share Image