The rule of law, democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of expression - we cannot take them for granted. They do not exist willy-nilly across the world; they are very rare.
I think, like any artist or any writer, I just want to have that pure freedom of expression and of thought - the freedom to explore and move in unexpected ways.
We have never done anything to stop freedom of expression or freedom of press.
Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.
I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.
Freedom of religion requires not only freeing religion from undue government regulation and interference. It also requires freeing religion from discrimination and from vile acts of hatred and persecution.
Our values are tolerance and determination and freedom of religion, freedom to act, opportunities, equality of opportunities amongst everyone and for all.
Freedom of religion is a fundamental Constitutional principle. It's a founding principle of this country.
I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.
The Coptic Church respects the law but it does not accept rulings that go against the Bible and our freedom of religion.
Freedom of religion does not entitle your religion to have a privileged position within the public sphere.
We're losing our freedom of speech. We are losing freedom of religion. We are losing freedom of the press.
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.
In many places around the world, including Turkey until the 1950s, Muslims didn't have full freedom of religion. Even personal practice was not allowed, and they had to practice in secret.
Alabama has a history of safeguarding our freedom of religion.
The inviolability of the seal of confession is so fundamental to the very nature of the sacrament that any proposal which undermines that inviolability is a challenge to the rights of every Catholic to freedom of religion and conscience.
We are a nation of immigrants, a quilt of many colors, and we've managed over more than two centuries to create a way of life that allows for a reasonable degree of upward mobility, that prizes individual liberty, promotes freedom of religion and genuinely values equal rights for all citizens.
As we see thousands of public and private Christmas trees and nativity displays around the country, they remind us again of the powerful American value built into our Constitution: our freedom of religion.
When I think about America, I think about freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion. Itβs a peaceful country.
