--- title: "8 Religious Speech Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Religious Speech quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Religious Speech sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/samuel-alito-11708_communication_private-religious-speech-can-t-be-discri_1109018.jpg" --- > [Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-alito/private-religious-speech-can-t-be-discriminated-against-it-has-to-be/) [Samuel Alito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-alito/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/samuel-alito-11708_communication_private-religious-speech-can-t-be-discri_1109018.jpg) > [Nowhere have the forces of intolerance been displayed less tolerantly than in the area of religious speech and practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cal-thomas/nowhere-have-the-forces-of-intolerance-been-displayed-less-tolerantly/) [Cal Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cal-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/cal-thomas-9453_areas_nowhere-have-the-forces-of-intolerance-b_1254615.png) > [Every public elementary school ought to welcome Good News Clubs. Parents appreciate them; children love them; and the First Amendment protects them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathew-staver/every-public-elementary-school-ought-to-welcome-good-news-clubs/) [Mathew Staver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathew-staver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/mathew-staver-43704_amendments_every-public-elementary-school-ought-to_1660318.png) > [While even pornography is protected as free speech, the courts have consciously undermined religious speech and freedom of religion for years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-istook/while-even-pornography-is-protected-as-free-speech-the-courts-have/) [Ernest Istook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-istook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/ernest-istook-20942_communication_while-even-pornography-is-protected-as-f_2701961.png) > [If you go to the Lincoln Memorial, the Second Inaugural is probably the most religious speech ever given by an American President.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/newt-gingrich/if-you-go-to-the-lincoln-memorial-the-second-inaugural-is-probably/) [Newt Gingrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/newt-gingrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/newt-gingrich-792_american-president_if-you-go-to-the-lincoln-memorial-the-se_2815618.jpg) > [“If you listen repeatedly to religious speech, after enough repetitions you will actually begin to notice God and His works where there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brodie/if-you-listen-repeatedly-to-religious-speech-after-enough-repetitions/) [Richard Brodie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brodie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/richard-brodie-33572_communication_if-you-listen-repeatedly-to-religious-sp_2856292.jpg) > [“religious speech becomes assimilated to the pragmatic rationality of rules, steps, techniques, and programs for personal transformation and well-being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/religious-speech-becomes-assimilated-to-the-pragmatic-rationality-of/) [Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/michael-s-horton-7082_change_religious-speech-becomes-assimilated-to_2872246.jpg) > [Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-waldman/religious-speech-is-extreme-emotional-and-motivational-it-is-anti/) [Amy Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-waldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/amy-waldman-14698_allusion_religious-speech-is-extreme-emotional-an_2953206.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religious-speech/#itemlist", "name": "Religious Speech Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. 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