Marcus Luttrell Quotes

More people have been killed by religious philosophy … yet we do not prevent their books from being distributed.

Our religious freedoms are under constant attack from a variety of groups who seek to undermine our constitutional rights and threaten our founding principles.

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.

While the struggle for religious liberty had proceeded without large-scale bloodshed in New England and elsewhere in the United States, the struggle for political liberty had not fared so well.

We have taken God out of our education system. We have taken Him out of government. You have lawyers that sue you every time you mention the name of Jesus Christ in any public forum.

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

I don’t see a bit of danger from us having an established religion.

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 idea we would create some kind of religious test for entry into the country is absolutely wrong.

To speak against religion (the Christian) is breaking down the bond of good government.

I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.

We Americans can be rightly proud of the fact that the right to the free and unfettered exercise of religion is a primary principle in the vision and founding of our country. It defines us as a people, and has uniquely contributed to making this nation great.

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

Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents.

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

President Obama understands that, as a nation founded by those who fled religious persecution, freedom of religion is central to who we are as Americans. Our rights are not given to us by government, they are endowed by our Creator.

The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.

The religion that has to be supported by law is without value, not only, but a fraud and a curse. The religious argument that has to be supported by a musket is hardly worth making.

Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances.

Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech.

The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.

To increase aid to the Pakistan government when religious freedom is not upheld is tantamount to an anti-Christian foreign policy.

I don't have freedom in the United States to go into a public school and preach the Gospel, nor is a student free in a public school to pray, or a teacher free to read the Bible publicly to the students. At the same time, we have a great degree of freedom for which I am grateful.

Religious freedom, often referred to as the first freedom, is of central import to the American experiment. As such it should feature prominently in U.S. foreign policy.

When the government says to you that they want to help you be more religious, you want to run away from them as fast as possible.