Rick Santorum Quotes

I happily cling to my guns and my God, even if President Obama thinks that that is a simpleminded thing in his elitist heart.

The freedom allowed in the United States to all sorts of inquiry and discussion necessarily leads to a diversity of opinion, which is seen not only in their being different denominations, but different opinions also in the same denomination.

Conservatives are more religious than liberals--although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it.

I disagree with a couple of the stances of the Catholic Church. My older brother is gay, and it's important for me to be able to love him completely and freely, and it's important for me to spread beliefs in the world that are not going to limit people in their love. I can't support a religion that doesn't support my brother.

I think regardless of what your religion is or what you believe, you try to treat people in a positive way, and that's all you can do in life.

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

There is no religion that was founded on intolerance - and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life.

God has more important things to worry about than who I sleep with.

Liberals are some of the most arrogant, condescending smart alecks, but they're just pure ignorant, and they fit the bill of people who have no love and no respect for the founding of this country.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.

I'm not involved in the politics of religion, but I love what the message is.

We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure.

It's no secret that the Democrats and liberal media would love to take away our guns and mandate every aspect of our lives, but I refuse to let them get away with that.

I'm allowed to have my opinions as an American, but it seems the Left becomes very intolerant when you have an opinion other than what they state.

The phrase 'religious liberty' has become an overused talisman. Most of the invocations lately have nothing to do with actual infringements of free exercise [of religion]. They're about political and cultural dissent from gay rights.

God’s Politics: Why the Right gets it wrong and the Left doesn’t get it.

The concept of religious tolerance has been stretched to its outer limits, implying freedom from criticism and the nonpayment of taxes. Neither patriotism nor religion should be justification for the suspension of reason.

Secular system allows homosexuality, allows corruption … Islam is our Constitution.

We must not, under the pretext of secularism, chase God out of every public expression in society.

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.

Unbelievers in this country have rights but they don’t have the right to veto everybody else.

That State that will give Liberty of Conscience in matters of Religion, must give Liberty of Conscience and Conversation in their Moral Laws, or else the Fiddle will be out of tune, and some of the strings crack.

With the Evangelical Right, compromise is not possible on the issues of conflict. In former times of clashes with courts compromise has taken place.

Although the practice of animal sacrifice may seem abhorrent to some, religious beliefs need not be acceptable, logical, consistent, or comprehensible to others in order to merit First Amendment protection.