American people Quote by Abraham Lincoln

If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.

— Marquis de Lafayette

“But for all that, our native priests are more devout than your French Jesuits. We have a living Church here, not a dead arm…

— Willa Cather

The Roman Catholics must know as well as we do that 'Popery' when encouraged by government has always been dangerous to the liberties of…

— Lord George Gordon

“Yes," said Pericles. "Today's patriotism may be tomorrow's treason, if it serves any judge or politician. And so it would go with any statute…

— Taylor Caldwell

We see our liberties curtailed more and more and more.We see a tremendous attack on religious freedom.

— Rafael Cruz

Americans deserve to have their religious beliefs and practices protected. Religious freedom is too important to be trampled by insensitive bureaucracy or bad policy.

— Charles T. Canady

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“Above all, we cannot and should not try to distance ourselves from any of these inquisitions by reassuring ourselves that no abuse of 'moral…

— Jonathan Kirsch

Americans cherish our liberty and don't want government or corporations to take away our freedoms.

— Christine Pelosi

If we're ignorant of the historical sacrifices that made our liberties possible, we will be less likely to make the sacrifices again so that…

— Walter E. Williams

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson