50 Quotes About Freedom-of-religion

Formally and officially we are equal before the law, we enjoy the same rights as citizens but informally and unofficially that's another matter altogether

If you want to know the value of freedom, ask people who only dream of having it.

I noticed something peculiar when thinking about freedom. Everyone wants it but less are willing to extend the same freedoms to everyone. Seems inconsistent to me.

The less the freedom, the more illegitimate the leadership.

There is a difference between exercising religious beliefs and imposing them on others. Our Constitution fiercely protects the former and expressly prohibits the latter.

Religion is like a pair of shoes.....Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.

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.

The life of West, Nietzsche said, is based on Christianity. The values of the West are based on Christianity. Some of these values seem to have taken a life of their own, and this gives us the illusion that we can get rid of Christianity and keep the values. This, Nietzsche says, is an illusion...Remove the Christian foundation, and the values must go too.

We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass on an undivided Republic purged of racism and slavery, to our descendants. The popgun discharges of a few pathetic sectarians and crackpot revisionists are negligible, and will be drowned by the mounting chorus that demands: 'Mr Jefferson! BUILD UP THAT WALL'.