Manoj Tiwari Quotes

Our First Amendment should preserve the right of Hindus and Muslims to practice their faith.

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

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

That it is much in their [the Rhode Island colonists'] hearts (if they may be permitted) to hold forth a lively experiment that a most flourishing civil state may stand and be best maintained, and that among our British subjects, with full liberty of religious concernments.

Every religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus, religious organizations should and do show tolerance toward members of other religious denominations.

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 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.

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.

And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.

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.

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

Look not to the size of cathedrals or even to the words on the statute books for proof of the reality of religious freedom. Ask what is the fate of the Protestant in Spain, the Jew in Saudi Arabia, the Arab in Israel, the Catholic in Poland or the atheist in the United States?

The new United States took the lead among the nations of the earth in the establishment of religious freedom. That is one reason America has never had any religious wars or any religious persecutions.

By the religious peace, Catholic proprietors of estates were no further bound to their Protestant subjects than to allow them full liberty to quit their territories.

Freedom arises from a multiplicity of sects, which pervades America, and which is the best and only security for religious liberty.

Prior to the Revolution, the Episcopal Church was established by law in this State. On the Declaration of independence it was left with all other sects, to a self-support. And no doubt exists that there is much more of religion among us now than there ever was before the change; and particularly in the Sect which enjoyed the legal patronage. This proves rather more than, that the law is not necessary to the support of religion.

There is no compulsion in religion.

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.

We respect every religion. Everyone is free to practice his religion freely... In the Tunisian parliament, we have even Jews.

As a nation, we must address the persecution of all religious minorities.

What I am for is protecting, with the highest standards in our courts, the religious liberty of Hoosiers.

Freedom of religion is a fundamental Constitutional principle. It's a founding principle of this country.

It is my sincere hope that every person in India will experience true freedom of faith, regardless of religion.