Conviction Quote by Henry Parry Liddon

“The executive power in our government is not the only, perhaps not even the principal, object of my solicitude. The tyranny of the legislature…

— Thomas Jefferson

People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.

— Umberto Eco

This country was founded by men and women who were dedicated or came to be dedicated to two propositions; first, a strong religious conviction,…

— John F. Kennedy

“She could have had an affair with him. He was a devout Muslim, as were all the guerrillas, but she doubted whether that would…

— Ken Follett

There are few of us so blind as not to realize that unless the moral force of religious conviction impels, the goal of truth…

— Sumner Welles

“I've told you before, I don't comprehend religion, although conviction is a concept I'm beginning to get. In any case, someone with a real…

— Gregory Maguire

“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it with religious conviction.”

— Blaise Pascal

As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.

— Harold Laski

Worst of all, however, is the devastation wrought by the misuse of religious conviction for political ends. In truth, we cannot sharply enough attack…

— Adolf Hitler

The power of these recommendations is that they come from leaders representing a broad spectrum of religious conviction. At the table were people with…

— Charles Haynes

But I think it is also important that we pay tribute and acknowledge another great principle, and that is the principle of religious conviction.…

— John F. Kennedy