Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [61-80] of 495 Religion quotesReligion QuotesReligion Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.~ Clive Bell To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin.~ Cardnial Robert Bellarmine [Heresy is] the dislocation of a complete and self-supporting scheme by the introduction of a novel denial of some essential part therein.~ Hilaire Belloc No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.~ Jeremy Bentham I thank God, we have not free schools nor printing; and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience, and heresy and sects into the world; and printing has divulged them and libels against the government. God keep us from both!~ Sir William Berkeley The whole point of the liberal revolution that gave rise to the 1960’s was to free us from somebody else’s dogma, but now the same people…are striving to impose on others a secularized religion…disguising it behind innocuous labels like ‘diversity training’ and ‘respect for difference.’~ Richard Bernstein I don't know a more irreligious attitude, one more utterly bankrupt of any human content, than one which permits childred to be destroyed.~ Daniel Berrigan Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.~ Ambrose Bierce Heathen, n. A benighten creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.~ Ambrose Bierce Blessings of the state, blessings of the masses. ... Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents, and be happy.~ Big Brother Let us revise our views and work from the premise that all laws should be for the welfare of society as a whole and not directed at the punishment of sins.~ John Biggs Jr. The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.~ Justice Hugo L. Black I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says.~ Justice Hugo L. Black Among the religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, ethical culture, secular humanism and others.~ Justice Hugo L. Black The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.~ Justice Hugo L. Black Freedom of religion means the right of the individual to choose and to adhere to whichever religious beliefs he may prefer, to join with others in religious associations to express these beliefs, and to incur no civil disabilities because of his choice…~ Joseph L. Blau A free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.~ Leon Blum I know men and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man. Between him and every other person in the world there is no possible term of comparison. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded His empire upon love; and at this hour millions of people would die for Him.~ Napoleon Bonaparte There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.~ Napoleon Bonaparte No more fatuous chimera has ever infested the brain than that you can control opinions by law or direct belief by statute, and no more pernicious sentiment ever tormented the heart than the barbarous desire to do so. The field of inquiry should remain open, and the right of debate must be regarded as a sacred right.~ William E. Borah Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print