Ronald Reagan Quotes

Religious freedom must include the right to influence public policy within the bounds of liberal norms.

I support the rights of all people to practice their religious beliefs privately, but I oppose the idea of respecting religions. In truth, I have no respect for any religion. I believe religion is not compatible with human rights, women's rights, or freedom of expression.

I'm very keen on having true freedom of expression. True freedom of faith. And free practice of religious faith.

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.

Freedom of the press and of religious opinion should be inviolate.

There is little doubt that religious liberty is best exercised within the setting of the secular state.

What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights.

Religious and civil liberty are best protected by unbounded freedom of thought.

We are a nation built on principles of freedom, and high on the list of freedoms is freedom of religious expression.

Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.

People have an absolute right to believe what they want to believe and to say what they want to say, and churches have an absolute protection to preach and do and not do whatever they choose to do within their houses of worship. But nondiscrimination laws apply to the commercial marketplace and they do protect all of us.

I believe that Islam and freedom are incompatible.

Religious liberty is about freedom of action in matters of religion generally, and the scope of that liberty is directly correlated to the civil restraints placed upon religious practice.

Religious freedom is a fundamental human right.

There is not a truth to be gathered from history more certain, or more momentous, than this: that civil liberty cannot long be separated from religious liberty without danger, and ultimately without destruction to both. Wherever religious liberty exists, it will, first or last, bring in and establish political liberty.

..the establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive that induced me to the field of battle.

The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of worshiping Almighty God agreebly to their conscience, is not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights.

The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext infringed.

We see our liberties curtailed more and more and more.We see a tremendous attack on religious freedom.

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.

America is a country founded on religious freedom and liberty.

It is hard to convince people that religious liberty is worth defending if they don’t think that religion is a good thing that deserves protection. The challenge for those who want to protect religious liberty in the United States, Europe, and other similar places is to convince people who are not religious that religious liberty is worth special protection.

What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small.

Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.