Religious Liberty Quotes - Page 5

• [Religious liberty was] in its nature an inalienable right ... because the opinions of men, depending only upon the evidence contemplated by their minds, cannot follow the dictates of other men.

  James Madison

  Religious, Men, Mind

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• We may continue to expect the enjoyment of all the blessings of civil and religious liberty, guaranteed by the Constitution. The citizens of Illinois have done themselves honor, in throwing the mantle of the Constitution over a persecuted and afflicted people.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Religious, Freedom, Blessing

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• I predict that the time will come in this once free America when the battle for religious liberty will have to be fought over again, and will probably be lost, because the people are already ignorant of its true basis and conditions.

  Robert Dabney

  Christian, Religious, America

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• I think marriage is between a man and a woman. I think we're all created equal in God's eyes, I think we need to respect and love those we disagree with. I think we can have religious liberty without discrimination. My views on marriage aren't evolving with the polls. It's based on my faith, I think it should remain between a man and a woman.

  Bobby Jindal

  Religious, Eye, Men

  "Meet the Press", www.nbcnews.com. June 28, 2015.

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• This shift from the Judeo-Christian basis for law and the shift away from the restraints of the Constitution automatically militates against religious liberty.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Christian, Religious, Law

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• Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government.

  Mitt Romney

  Religious, Men, Design

  Mitt Romney's commencement address on gay marriage and religion at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 12, 2012.

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• The more people come together, the more borders will be opened and people and opinions get together, the more unrenouncable tolerance will be a fundamental part of our social life. Without tolerance there is no religious liberty, no freedom of conscience and no freedom of thought.

  Thomas Klestil

  Religious, People, Tolerance

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• The GDP approach doesn't address many aspects of human life: health, education, political liberty, religious liberty, employment opportunities. And these are not all that well correlated with gross domestic product. We also have to think about equality among groups. And freedom of speech and religion. China always ranks near the top of developing countries these days, but there are lots of things we might see as lacking in China.

  Martha C. Nussbaum

  Country, Religious, Thinking

  Source: www.neh.gov

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• The United States didn't create religious liberty. Religious liberty created the United States of America. It's the reason we are here today. This is an essential freedom and an essential right and I don't think you give up this right by simply taking a job.

  Bobby Jindal

  Religious, Jobs, Giving Up

  "Bobby Jindal Defends Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis" by Sam Levine and Samantha-Jo Roth, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2015.

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• Religious liberty must be protected in this country. It's a principle upon which we were founded.

  Carly Fiorina

  Country, Religious, Liberty

  FaceBook post by Carly Fiorina from Apr 03, 2015

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• All of our effort should be focused on protecting the religious liberties and freedom of conscience for those Americans that profoundly disagree with the decision.

  Carly Fiorina

  Religious, Effort, Decision

  "Carly Fiorina Answers 12 Christian Post Questions for Every Presidential Candidate". Interview with Napp Nazworth, www.christianpost.com. January 4, 2016.

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• If you want a candidate to defend life and marriage and religious liberty and the Second Amendment and to appoint strong constitutionalists to the court, I'm the only candidate with that record. That's why conservatives are uniting behind our campaign. And if they want to continue with the attacks, that's their prerogative.

  Ted Cruz

  Religious, Strong, Second Amendment

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. February 21, 2016.

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• Allegiance to Jesus and loving the truth are primary truths (2Thessalonians 2 v10). The Body of Christ must tolerate all religions in the sense of greatly valuing the dignity of their people and religious liberties. They possess great dignity before God. Yet, we are not willing to let them go to hell by refusing to love them and tell them the truth about Jesus. A false application of tolerance is foundational in the movements that lead to the harlot religion.

  Mike Bickle

  Religious, Jesus, People

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• The Obama Administration's obsession with forcing mandates on the American people has now reached a new low by violating the conscience rights and religious liberties of our people.

  Marco Rubio

  Religious, Rights, People

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• The role of the federal government is to protect our liberties. That means they should protect our religious liberties to do what we want; our intellectual liberty, but it also should protect our right to do to our body what we want, you know, what we take into our bodies.

  Ron Paul

  Religious, Mean, Marijuana

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• Religion is a personal, private matter and parents, not public school officials, should decide their children's religious training. We should not have teacher-led prayers in public schools, and school officials should never favor one religion over another, or favor religion over no religion (or vice versa). I also believe that schools should not restrict students' religious liberties. The free exercise of faith is the fundamental right of every American, and that right doesn't stop at the schoolhouse door.

  George W. Bush

  Teacher, Religious, Prayer

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• From the dissensions among Sects themselves arise necessarily a right of choosing and necessity of deliberating to which we will conform. But if we choose for ourselves, we must allow others to choose also, and so reciprocally, this establishes religious liberty.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Liberty, Arise

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• America didn't create religious liberty. Religious liberty created America.

  Bobby Jindal

  Religious, America, Liberty

  Twitter post from Apr 02, 2015

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• Happily for the states, they enjoy the utmost freedom of religion. This freedom arises from that multiplicity of sects which pervades America, and which is the best and only security for religious liberty in any society.

  James Madison

  Religious, America, Liberty

  "The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution".

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• By our form of Government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed on the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.

  Samuel Chase

  Christian, Religious, Government

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• From you we have learned what we, at least, value, to separate Church and State; and from you we gather inspiration at all times in our devotion to learning, to religious liberty, and to individual and National freedom.

  Seth Low

  Religious, Inspiration, Church

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• Senate Bill 1062 does not address a specific or present concern related to religious liberty in Arizona. I have not heard one example in Arizona where a business owner’s religious liberty has been violated. The bill was broadly worded - and could result in unintended and negative consequences. After weighing all the arguments I have vetoed Senate Bill 1062 moments ago.

  Jan Brewer

  Religious, Gay, Liberty

  "Jan Brewer: 'So Is Nondiscrimination'" by Hendrik Hertzberg, www.newyorker.com. February 27, 2014.

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• American Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities, and to rejecting every form of unjust discrimination. With countless other people of good will, they are likewise concerned that efforts to build a just and wisely ordered society respect their deepest concerns and their right to religious liberty.

  Pope Francis

  Religious, Rights, People

  Speech at the White House, abcnews.go.com. September 23, 2015.

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• What good is religious liberty if it can only be practiced behind stained-glass windows on Sunday?

  Ralph E. Reed, Jr.

  Christian, Religious, Sunday

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• It only takes five people in black robes to determine such crucial issues for our country as abortion, pornography, same-sex 'marriage,' and religious liberties.

  Richard Land

  Country, Religious, Sex

  "Christian Conservatives Urge Supporters to Call for Roberts Confirmation" by Pauline J. Chang, www.christianpost.com. September 20, 2005.

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