Freedom Of Faith Quotes

For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has been, and may someday be again, a Jew— or a Quaker or a Unitarian or a Baptist. It was Virginia's harassment of Baptist preachers, for example, that helped lead to Jefferson's statute of religious freedom. Today I may be the victim, but tomorrow it may be you — until the whole fabric of our harmonious society is ripped at a time of great national peril.

Americans feel horror … at the extravagant charges strikingly similar to those which less enlightened ages were made pretexts for the persecution and spoliation of these unfortunate people…. In America we place upon an equal footing the worshipers of God of every faith and form…. I speak on behalf of an oppressed and persecuted race, among whose kindred are found some of the most worthy and patriotic American citizens.

I think, overwhelmingly, Americans would agree that if you're going to come into our country, you have to accept the fact that people are allowed to practice different faiths and lifestyles, without fear of violence, without fear of being literally oppressed or subjugated. I don't think that's something any reasonable person would disagree with.

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

I condemn all incidents of violence where religious minorities were targeted, no religious group can incite violence ... my government will ensure there is complete freedom of faith.

[The war on terrorism isn't a religious war, but] a defense of our right to make moral choices, to seek fellowship with God that is chosen and not commanded.

But I think it is also important that we pay tribute and acknowledge another great principle, and that is the principle of religious conviction. Religious freedom has no significance unless it is accompanied by conviction.

If it makes Tom Cruise happy, I don't care if he prays to turtles, ... And I don't think anybody else should.

In a pluralistic society like ours, I think the ability to resist hate comes from cultivating a civil society that, on the one hand, nurtures the freedom of each group to pursue their faith and distinctive way of life, while, at the same time, fostering the ties that bind us together into a genuine broader community.

Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.

The freedom of all faiths, and non faiths, is best protected when government does not give its blessings to any.

The Constitution provides that all Americans enjoy the right to live a life in accordance with their convictions of faith.

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

If any religion allows the persecution of the people of different faiths, if any religion keeps women in slavery, if any religion keeps people in ignorance, then I can't accept that religion.

You can't provoke, you can't insult the faith of others, you can't make fun of faith.