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title: "1 Religious Political Quotes By Jeff Sharlet"
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> [The Family is the oldest and arguably most influential religious political organization in Washington.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/the-family-is-the-oldest-and-arguably-most-influential-religious/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

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## More by Jeff Sharlet

> [“That's religion in America, under constant revision.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/that-s-religion-in-america-under-constant-revision/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [“What did “good government” really mean? Langlie and his brotherhood promised an end to political corruption. (There’s no evidence that Langlie ever even took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/what-did-good-government-really-mean-langlie-and-his-brotherhood/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, "I like the noise of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/my-favorite-forgotten-president-in-american-history-is-james-buchanan/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [Elite fundamentalism has always been on the corporate side of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/elite-fundamentalism-has-always-been-on-the-corporate-side-of-things/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [There are real radical Muslim groups out there that really are pretty villainous. You don't have to make them up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/there-are-real-radical-muslim-groups-out-there-that-really-are-pretty/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [“It's a familiar moment to students of history: the late stage of empire, hairline fractures shooting through the foundations of society. They're like cracks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/it-s-a-familiar-moment-to-students-of-history-the-late-stage-of/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [What the Cold War did was provide a fairly clearly defined enemy and it's easy to organize around that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/what-the-cold-war-did-was-provide-a-fairly-clearly-defined-enemy-and/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [The Family in particular, but also other really \*\*\*\* conservatives come to call what is "Biblical Capitalism." The idea that capitalism is ordained in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/the-family-in-particular-but-also-other-really-conservatives-come-to/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [ “Like Jerry Falwell and \[Tim\] LaHaye, \[Pat\] Robertson is a minister who advocates a Bible-based, pro-family agenda. Robertson, a faith healer, also claims to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/like-jerry-falwell-and-tim-lahaye-pat-robertson-is-a-minister-who/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [Whoever is holding the power says, "Yeah, let's keep things civil and quiet." Whoever's outside say's, "No, I'm not going to keep things civil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/whoever-is-holding-the-power-says-yeah-let-s-keep-things-civil-and/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [“American fundamentalism’s original sentiments were as radically democratic in theory as they have become repressive in practice, its dream not that of Christian theocracy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/american-fundamentalism-s-original-sentiments-were-as-radically/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [“To him, homosexuality is only a symbol for what he learned from the Family is a greater plague: government by people, not by God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/to-him-homosexuality-is-only-a-symbol-for-what-he-learned-from-the/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [You can recruit the populace conservatism for the interests of corporate conservatism that the two things can be married into one unholy union.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/you-can-recruit-the-populace-conservatism-for-the-interests-of/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [The Cold War was really the great struggle of the 20th Century and it shaped American political life from top to bottom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/the-cold-war-was-really-the-great-struggle-of-the-20th-century-and-it/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

> [America is going to start happening outside of the parties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-sharlet/america-is-going-to-start-happening-outside-of-the-parties/)

[Jeff Sharlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-sharlet/)

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