There is one tradition in America I am proud to inherit. It is our first freedom and the truest expression of our… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
Two studies from the year 2000, however, indicate that Catholics give lower ratings to their clergy's ministerial activities across the board than… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
there comes a time in every rabbi's life when he thinks he's Moses. — Silvia Tennenbaum Copy Share Image
I see and hear daily that you of the Clergy preach one against another, teach one contrary to another, inveigh one against… — Henry VIII of England Copy Share Image
“The religious issue was dragged out, and stirred up flames of hatred and intolerance. Clergymen, mobilizing their heaviest artillery of thunder and… — Saul K. Padover Copy Share Image
The sort of morality which the priests inculcate is a very subtle policy, far finer than the politicians', and the world is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no… — Henry James Copy Share Image
The clergy earns its living from religion. If your interests are secured through religion, then you will defend your interests first, and… — Abdolkarim Soroush Copy Share Image
The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and in-grafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There lies the weaknesss of positivists and professional atheists who are elated because they feel that they have not only successfully rid… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
We need some clergy with some backbone, who don't mind making uncomfortable at times those who are very comfortable, and challenging them… — Tim McDonald Copy Share Image
“Most believers learn passively from clergy. However, no matter how good and uplifting this person's teaching, as long as the members are… — Henry Hon Copy Share Image
During a frustrating argument with a Roman Catholic cardinal, Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly burst out: Your eminence, are you not aware that I… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Never was there a more injurous mistake than to say it was thebusiness only of the clergy to care for souls. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The Church, rightly conceived, is the whole covenant people called to serve in the world. The clergy are also part of the… — Franklin Littell Copy Share Image
Once in a while you get people that maybe because of economic reasons, or have a social network, they get attracted. But… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
How deep a wound to morals and social purity has that accursed article of the celibacy of the clergy been! Even the… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
I have always thought it curious that, while most scientists claim to eschew religion, it actually dominates their thoughts more than it… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
I join with Michael Brown's family, and with the clergy, and with anyone and everyone else; the NAACP, the Urban League, and… — Robert P. McCulloch Copy Share Image
It is impossible to approve in Catholic publications of a style inspired by unsound novelty which seems to deride the piety of… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
