Over 450 classic statements by Voltaire, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Margaret Mead, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and many others. On every page the reader will discover a wealth of thoughtful, wise, and sometimes impassioned statements by all manner of men and women on a subject that has moved the consciences of generations from the distant past to the present. Included are early church fathers, Enlightenment philosophers, popes, anticlerical European statesmen, journalists, famous writers, judges, twenty-six presidents of the United States, and many others. A special feature of this compilation is the inclusion of quotes from major judicial decisions, from 1872 to the present, that bear on religious liberty.
Above all these quotations show that an enormously wide spectrum of men and women of diverse religious, social, and political views have championed the principle of religious freedom. Teachers, scholars, clergy, legislators, writers, and anyone with an interest in this vital issue will benefit from the useful material in this superb volume.
Albert J. Menendez is associate director for Americans for Religious Liberty, a former consultant for ABC and NBC news, and the author or coauthor of over thirty books.
Edd Doerr is executive director of Americans for Religious Liberty, the author or coauthor of twenty books, and the recipient of the American Humanist Association's Humanist Distinguished Service Award for his work in defending separation of church and state.
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