Religious Liberty Quotes - Page 3

• Where's Barack Obama when Christmas references are being erased from civic calendars? Is he crying out in defense of religious liberty and our First Amendment? Nope. He's as silent as a church mouse. And animosity toward religion continues to grow.

  Chuck Norris

  Religious, Church, Liberty

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• This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they fled, not from the tender embraces of the mother, but from the cruelty of the monster; and it is so far true of England, that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home, pursues their descendants still.

  Thomas Paine

  Mother, Religious, Home

  Thomas Paine (2015). “Common Sense: and The American Crisis I”, p.25, Penguin

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• Remember civil and religious liberty always go together: if the foundation of the one be sapped, the other will fall of course.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Religious, Fall, Liberty

  Alexander Hamilton (1842). “The Official and Other Papers ...”, p.48

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• If we really want to cherish religious freedom, people who want to believe that same-sex marriage should take place, they have a right to believe that, and people who want to believe its inappropriate, we should not demonize those people - if we really believe in religious liberty.

  Foster Friess

  Religious, Sex, Believe

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• I think it is appropriate that we pay tribute to this great constitutional principle which is enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution: the principle of religious independence, of religious liberty, of religious freedom.

  John F. Kennedy

  Religious, Thinking, Independence

  "John F. Kennedy: 1961 : containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the president, January 20 to December 31, 1961" by John F. Kennedy, Washington: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1962.

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• The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all our hearts, free from government coercion; it does not mandate scouring the public square to forcibly remove all acknowledgement s of the Almighty

  Ted Cruz

  Religious, Heart, Squares

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• The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field - the object is attained - and it now remains to be my earnest wish & prayer, that the Citizens of the United States could make a wise and virtuous use of the blessings placed before them.

  George Washington

  Wise, Religious, Freedom

  George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1784). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”, p.249

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• Since the writing of our Constitution, our religious liberties have been systematically threatened and whittled away by Supreme Court justices who interpret the First Amendment as a prohibition against religious activity on public property.

  Tim LaHaye

  Christian, Religious, Writing

  Tim F. LaHaye, Beverly LaHaye (1994). “A Nation Without a Conscience”

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• We going to have the biggest tax cut since Ronald Reagan, we're going to eliminate job-killing regulations which are a disaster, we are going to defend religious liberty.

  Donald Trump

  Religious, Jobs, Cutting

  Source: time.com

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• Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America. This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe.

  Thomas Paine

  Religious, Liberty, Immigration

  "Common Sense: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America".

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• The Founders believed that pluralism survived only within the concept of religious liberty espoused by American Christianity.

  David Barton

  Christian, Religious, Liberty

  David Barton (2013). “Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion”, p.30, BookBaby

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• There is no relationship here between Church and State. Religious liberty has its unalterable place, along with civil and human liberty, in the very foundation of the Republic. I hold it [religious intolerance] to be a menace to the very liberties which we boast and cherish.

  Warren G. Harding

  Religious, Church, Liberty

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• Religious unity can look like a carnival and religious liberty can look like a funeral.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Religious, Funeral, Unity

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• When religion controls government, political liberty dies; and when government controls religion, religious liberty perishes.

  Sam Ervin

  Religious, Government, Political

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• Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or woman, Native American, native born, immigrant, straight or gay - whatever; the test ought to be I believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. I believe in religious liberty. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in working hard and playing by the rules. I'm showing up for work tomorrow. I'm building that bridge to the 21st century. That ought to be the test.

  William J. Clinton

  Religious, Horse, Believe

  Clinton, William J. (1997). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995”, p.1417, Best Books on

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• Religious liberty might be supposed to mean that everybody is free to discuss religion. In practice it means that hardly anybody is allowed to mention it.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Religious, Mean, Practice

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• Religious freedom certainly means the right to worship God, individually and in community, as our consciences dictate. But religious liberty, by its nature, transcends places of worship and the private sphere of individuals and families.

  Pope Francis

  Religious, Mean, Community

  Pope Francis (2016). “The Allure of Goodness and Love: Pope Francis in the United States Complete Texts”, p.73, Liturgical Press

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• Let the pulpit resound with the doctrines and sentiments of religious liberty... Let us hear the dignity of his [man's] nature, and the noble rank he holds among the works of God... Let it be known, that British liberties are not the grants of princes or parliaments.

  John Adams

  Religious, Men, Liberty

  "The Works of John Adams, Volume 3: Autobiography, Diary, Notes of a Debate in the Senate, Essays". Book edited by Charles Francis Adams, 1851.

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• The Scalia seat is defense. We're not going to get any better than Justice Scalia. The best we can do is preserve constitutional victories like upholding the Second Amendment, like protecting religious liberty. But we're not going to get any better.

  Ted Cruz

  Religious, Justice, Victory

  Source: time.com

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• I think that's why Donald Trump continues to enjoy evangelical support. They're not endorsing necessarily his lifestyle. What they're saying is this is a binary choice between one candidate, Donald Trump - who is pro-life, pro-religious liberty, pro-conservative justices of the Supreme Court - and another candidate, Hillary Clinton, who has an opposite view on all of those issues.

  Robert Jeffress

  Religious, Thinking, Opposites

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Religious liberty, hey, it's about religious liberty. And there has to be a melding of both. We're living in a time where you have to have a melding of both. But it's very unfair what they're doing to religion in this country.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Religious, Liberty

  Donald Trump's Remarks to a Veterans Group, time.com. October 3, 2016.

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• I do think if we take the power out of Washington and bring it back to the people, if we defend the Bill of Rights, free speech, religious liberty, the Second Amendment, privacy, if we repeal Obamacare, abolish the IRS, if we get Washington out of the way of job creators, I think we can transform this country.

  Ted Cruz

  Country, Religious, Jobs

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. July 18, 2016.

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• I will tell you whom to vote for: We will vote for the principles of civil and religious liberty, the man who knows the most and who has the best heart and brain for a statesman; and we do not care a farthing whether he is a Whig, a Democrat, a Barnburner, a Republican, or a New Light or anything else.

  Brigham Young

  Religious, Heart, Men

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• I expect to see the day when the Elders of Israel will protect and sustain civil and religious liberty and every Constitutional right bequeathed to us by our fathers, and spread these rights abroad in connection with the Gospel for the salvation of all nations. I shall see this whether I live or die.

  Brigham Young

  Religious, Father, Rights

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• I believe in a wall between church and state so high that no one can climb over it. When religion controls government, political liberty dies; and when government controls religion, religious liberty perishes. Every American has the constitutional right not to be taxed or have his tax money expended for the establishment of religion. For too long the issue of government aid to church related organizations has been a divisive force in our society and in the Congress. It has erected communication barriers among our religions and fostered intolerance.

  Sam Ervin

  Religious, Wall, Believe

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