Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. — James Madison Copy Share Image
We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Making Saudi Arabia a world judge on women's rights and religious freedom would be like naming a pyromaniac as the town fire… — Hillel Neuer Copy Share Image
“Any religion that does not evolve with time, either gets destroyed or destroys the world.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We have the most religious freedom of any country in the world, including the freedom not to believe. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth —… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The right to religious freedom is not a gift of the state or a gift of a group. — Suharto Copy Share Image
We do not credit to the ideal of religious freedom when we talk as though religious belief is something of which public-spirited… — Stephen L. Carter Copy Share Image
“The HHS rule blatantly denies the breadth of First Amendment protection, and violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, under which Congress promotes… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
Every false religion is going to be free because it's linked to the kingdom of darkness that operates in the world. And… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
To say I support religious freedom is to say I support idolatry. It's to say I support lies. I support Hell. I… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The modern public school derived from a philosophy of freedom reflected in the First Amendment ... The non-sectarian or secular public school… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
“Then why should the side effects of your exercise of religious freedom effectively “impose your religion” on those affected—or undermine their own… — John Corvino Copy Share Image
I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
As a follower of Jesus, I am called to work for justice and reconciliation, and to be an advocate for those who… — Frank Wolf Copy Share Image
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. The trailblazers… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, while… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I am very against this love jihad law. I feel it's an unconstitutional law because in our country, in this democracy, we… — Konkona Sen Sharma Copy Share Image
I am no longer a divine biped. I am no longer the freest German after Goethe, as Ruge named me in healthier… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
The great writers to whom the world owes what religious liberty it possesses, have mostly asserted freedom of conscience as an indefeasible… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny… — James Madison 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
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
“But our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“To reform a religion, one must at first be able to recognize the follies of that religion, then only one can take… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Regrettably, the Obama administration has chosen to take a lackadaisical approach to religious freedom, and allowed IRFA to fade into the background. — Mark Meadows 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
I think it's a bill that puts a high priority on religious freedom and recognizes that as a part of the balance. — Asa Hutchinson Copy Share Image
Under the rubric of religious freedom, we respect the right to worship differently much more than the right to worship not at… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Despite much talk in this land about religious freedom, churches and their schools now confront grave difficulties. — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
The Pledge of Allegiance was founded on ideals of religious freedom, and has been a valuable part of our national life for… — Cindy Hyde-Smith Copy Share Image
Religious freedom is for prayer and rituals,but not for convertion.No relegion cannot provide the peace. — Sumesh Nair Copy Share Image
The hope of the world is still in dedicated minorities. The trail-blazers in human, scientific and religious freedom have always been in… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The concept of religious freedom is largely ignored in the curriculum of our nation's public schools. — Charles Haynes Copy Share Image
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act extends religious liberty to corporations without regard to their for-profit and non-profit status. — Josh Hawley Copy Share Image
To increase aid to the Pakistan government when religious freedom is not upheld is tantamount to an anti-Christian foreign policy. — Keith O'Brien Copy Share Image
Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of… — Sidney Hook Copy Share Image