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Religious Quotes by John F. Kennedy
- We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to it. I do…
- I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church…
- If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.
- I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy…
- For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has been, and may…
- Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end; where all men and all churches are treated as equal; where every man…
- Here on earth, God's work must surely be our own.
- That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe - a great office…
- I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account…
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- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
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- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist,… — Chinua Achebe
- God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. — Saint Augustine
- The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I… — Teresa of Avila