“God requireth not a uniformity of religion.” Roger Williams, (1603-1684) Anglo-American clergyman, advocate for the separation of church and state, founder of the Rhode Island colony. “A Plea for Religious Liberty” in The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience…

“Truth never damages a cause that is just.” Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi, (1869-1948). Source Reference Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Quote

“And this I must fight against: any idea, religion or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about. I can understand why a system built on a pattern must try to…

“I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred – that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt.” Harriet Beecher Stowe, (1814-1896) Abolitionist author. Source Reference Harriet Beecher Stowe Quote

“I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more if they had known they were slaves.” Harriet Tubman,  [Araminta Ross] (c.1820-1913) African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the U.S. Civil War. After escaping from captivity, she made…

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Jesus of Nazareth, (c.4 BC – c.AD 30/33) Holy Bible, John 8:32 Source Reference Famous Jesus of Nazareth Quote

“The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialization. Neither a market economy nor even general abundance constitutes the crowning achievement of human life. If a nation’s…

“Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.” Lord Acton, [John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton] (1834-1902), First Baron Acton of Aldenham Lord Acton, Selected Writings of Lord Acton:…

“A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class…

“Religious liberty is the chief cornerstone of the American system of government, and provisions for its security are embedded in the written charter and interwoven in the moral fabric of its laws. Anything that tends to invade a right so…

“The press must grow day in and day out — it is our Party’s sharpest and most powerful weapon.” Josef Stalin, (1879-1953) Communist leader of the USSR. Source:  Speech at The Twelfth Congress of the R.C.P.(B.) (19 April 1923). Source Reference Josef Stalin…

“Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.” William Godwin, (1756-1836), English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. Source Reference William Godwin Quote