The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion.
Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone.
Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will.
I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.
I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.
In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Iran's theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.
America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.
I cannot reconcile monitoring certain people for no reason other than their religion with the freedom of religion we have here in America.
The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing.
We have convinced over one billion members of the Islamic faith that we are prejudiced against their religion, that we would deny them freedom of religion, that we want suppress their culture and invade their governments.
The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.
Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.
Freedom of religion is not enough; we need the extinction of it, because no one has turned to be a religious by their own choice.
There are corrupted Muslims who have become Christians, and corrupted Christians who have become Muslims. They called it freedom of religion.
We must fight for the freedom of religion; because that is the only way we can stand against irrationality.
Everyone claims to be okay with freedom of religion, but the moment you mention God there is a strange tension that fills the air. If there was a 6th sense, that would be it.
