Coercion Quote by Pope Paul VI

Legal systems, at both the national and international level, are therefore required to recognize, guarantee and protect religious freedom, which is a right intrinsically…

— Pope Francis

“A widespread assumption, which nearly everybody in our society accepts – the non-religious included – is that religious faith is especially vulnerable to offence…

— Richard Dawkins

Freedom requires religion in society, not in individuals.

— Mitt Romney

Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.

— Mike Quigley

The right to religious freedom has its foundation, not in the church or society or the state, but in the very dignity of the…

— John Courtney Murray

Religious liberty is about freedom of action in matters of religion generally, and the scope of that liberty is directly correlated to the civil…

— Clarence Thomas

When the power, prestige, and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious minorities to…

— Hugo Black

The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing.

— Ricardo Alarcon

“The fourth and final dimension of religious freedom in full is the right—both individually and as part of a larger religious community—to express religious…

— Timothy Shah

Freedom of religion means the right of the individual to choose and to adhere to whichever religious beliefs he may prefer, to join with…

— Joseph Leon Blau

Religious freedom is a fundamental human right.

— Pope Francis

Those who accept freedom of religion as a right are obligated by this acceptance to take the maintenance of freedom of religion as a…

— Joseph Leon Blau