Ezra Cornell Quotes

Every adult is free to choose his own religion, but fanaticism has to be fought lest freedom perish.

As long as the people persist in voting for or against men on account of their religious views, just so long will hypocrisy hold place and power.

Sectarianism, bigotry, and it's horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful Earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization, and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now.

Holy war against lackeys, Jews, Christians and atheists.

I know it will give great offense to the clergy, but the advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from them.

The main threat to freedom comes from church ministers who depend upon fear and superstitions to gain and to keep power

The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion—except for the sect that can win political power.

The spirit of hatred and fanaticism embedded in the hearts of the Arab Muslims against everything that is non-Muslim has been perpetually nurtured by the Islamic religion. There is no hope that the situation will ever change. Therefore, the abolition of the Mandate will expose the minorities in Syria to the danger of death and annihilation, irrespective of the fact that such abolition will annihilate the freedom of thought and belief.

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

They who gain applause and power by pandering to the mistakes, the prejudices and passions of the multitude are the enemies of liberty.

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.

The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of democracies where liberty and religious freedom are supposed to be respected.

We have convinced over one billion members of the Islamic faith that we are prejudiced against their religion, that we would deny them freedom of religion, that we want suppress their culture and invade their governments.

The story of the decadence of the cathedral as a moral power, a spiritual energizer in civilization, is the sad but inevitable story of dogmatism. It is the story of the struggle of free thought with bigotry, religion making common cause with the wrong side.

I cannot reconcile monitoring certain people for no reason other than their religion with the freedom of religion we have here in America.

The Roman Catholics must know as well as we do that 'Popery' when encouraged by government has always been dangerous to the liberties of the people.

It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.

Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.

The sad part about our past is that religions, ironically enough, are responsible for creating the most destructive idea that has ever been visited upon the human race: the idea that there is such a thing as 'better.'

In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Iran's theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.

Because we believe that our ethnic group, our society, our political party, our God, is better than your God, we kill each other.

Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral.

Politicians use religion, and they get their troops riled up with religion.

I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.