Naftali Bennett Quotes

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

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

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

A robust democratic society depends on its ability to uphold and protect religious freedom -- a basic right inherent in the very dignity of the human person. It is therefore essential to safeguard citizens who belong to religious minorities from acts of violence. Such protection not only accords with human dignity but also contributes to the common good.

What does religious freedom look like? As America gets more religiously diverse, the concept is getting harder to define …. You can get 10 different groups in the room and they will disagree about what religious liberty is.

Nothing is more important to me, and nothing was more important to our founding fathers, than freedom of religion.

Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.

Religious liberty should be a bipartisan issue.

The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion.

A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society.

'Freedom of belief and worship is the most important guarantee of social peace.

Growing up in Britain as a rather loose Jew, the two things that didn't belong together were freedom and religious intensity. In America, they do. The Founding Fathers made a bet that if you didn't force everyone to profess religion in their own particular way, you could protect intellectual freedom, and religion would flourish.

No religious consensus is possible in the United States, and to impose one would be both unconstitutional and unjust.

The tendency of the spirit of the age is strong toward religious liberty.

Permit liberty of conscience in matters of religion to all persons.

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.

There is no compulsion in religion.

It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.

The freedom of religion and of religious conscience is at the core of democratic development.

I'm a religious liberty supporter - I strongly believe in that.

Freedom of religion does not entitle your religion to have a privileged position within the public sphere.

It is absolutely vital that we do all we can to allow Americans to practice their religious ways, while simultaneously ensuring that no one's beliefs infringe upon those of others. We should also serve as champions of freedom of religion throughout the world.

I think we recognize as Americans there are certain things that are just primary to the freedoms and liberties that we enjoy here and religious freedom is one of the most important things we as Americans cherish.

Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door, and what we do with our lives after we do, is up to us.

The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority.