His Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office. The United Nations and the Holy See share a strong commitment… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Some have said that the clash between Catholicism and Protestantism illustrates the old maxim that religious freedom is the product of two… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
I would say to [Chinese government], You don't need Tibet really. You don't need all the problems Tibet creates for you. It's… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“There was no need for a term like ‘magical thinking’ in the Golden Age of Man...there was only genuine everyday magic and… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
We have religious freedom - which is important. But we want everyone in our country to respect our laws, and our laws… — Sebastian Kurz Copy Share Image
But I think it is also important that we pay tribute and acknowledge another great principle, and that is the principle of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We must protect the right of citizens to practice their religions freely. As president, I will support federal and state-level legislation like… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Kids need love and kids are not getting enough love in America because kids haven't been going the right way. We need… — Brendon Ayanbadejo Copy Share Image
“the Reformations resulted in state churches that were even more repressive of individuals than the Catholic Church ever attempted to be. The… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
It has not been without bitter resistance by the clergy that woman's property and educational rights have advanced. Woman's anti-slavery work, her… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
In at least one country where homosexual activists have won major concessions, we have even seen a church pastor threatened with prison… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
We can be deeply thankful that we live in a land where reason and religion are friends and allies in the cause… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
When people run a business and open their door to the public, they must serve the public. That doesn't mean they can't… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Where it is the majority religion, Islam does not recognize religious freedom, at least not as we understand it. Islam is a… — Walter Kasper Copy Share Image
Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest… — Frank Murphy Copy Share Image
Religious freedom, often referred to as the first freedom, is of central import to the American experiment. As such it should feature… — Frank Wolf Copy Share Image
My great-great grandmother who came from Norway to America came for economic freedom, but importantly she also came for religious freedom. It… — Steve Daines Copy Share Image
The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion… — Walter Koenig Copy Share Image
When our atheistically dominated Supreme Court removed the Ten Commandments from our halls, not a whimper was heard from the 95 million… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
I wore a uniform to stand up for all rights and that means I don't pick or choose which I defend, whether… — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Nondiscrimination is a great American principle. It's a core American principle, as is religious freedom. When you have two important American principles… — Charles Haynes Copy Share Image
While we welcome people of all faiths in America we cannot be so naive as to expect all countries to do the… — Michael Huffington Copy Share Image
I think religious freedom is part of the U.S.'s policy and Congress mandated the creation of the U.S. Commission on International Religious… — Shahbaz Bhatti Copy Share Image
Primarily, Warsaw and Brussels share the central basic values of the EU: human dignity, democracy, and the religious freedom of every single… — Jaroslaw Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Throughout our history Americans have put their faith in God and no one can doubt that we have been blessed for it.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Americans deserve to have their religious beliefs and practices protected. Religious freedom is too important to be trampled by insensitive bureaucracy or… — Charles T. Canady Copy Share Image
Discriminatory legislation emboldens those who seek to make us afraid while giving those communities it hurts a concrete reason to fear. We… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
If companies can refuse to provide coverage for women, what other objections to the Affordable Care Act will we see based on… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would… — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image
Though Xinjiang province is nearly 2,000 miles northwest of Wuhan where COVID-19 was first found, it's also home to another virus in… — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
I believe that this is the land of religious freedom and that that applies to Muslims. And if I have to make… — Linda Sarsour Copy Share Image
Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors? Fallible men; men governed by bad passions, by private as well as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Going out on a date was very cheap in those days [1962]. I borrowed my father's station wagon, put in a gallon… — Aslan Ben Eliahou Copy Share Image
It might be said that religious freedom in the American sense, incorporating the separation of church and state, has been the pivotal… — Joseph Leon Blau Copy Share Image