“The Boer nation had become a theocracy, and would so remain. General” — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“Ironically, (the church's) respect in the world declines in proportion to how vigorously we attempt to force others to adopt our point… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
If you're a Christian and you're running for president and you want to make this into a theocracy, I'm not going to… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
I'm yet to discover any form of theocracy that isn't homophobic, that isn't bigoted to the out group. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
If you disagree with your government, that's political. If you disagree with your government that is approaching theocracy, then you're evil. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
We now live in a secular humanist theocracy. I want to change that to a government with God at its head. — Gary DeMar Copy Share Image
A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
“There is no greater threat to liberty, peace and progress than theocracy. Right now the Muslims just happen to be leading the… — Noah Lugeons Copy Share Image
I think you can hear the struggles and hear a realness in Theocracy songs, a human element that you don't get from… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
“Theocracy in the West is a kingdom of God where authority vests in specially ordained priests who exercise it on behalf of… — Ishtiaq Husain Qureshi Copy Share Image
No one expects this nation to become a theocracy, where Christianity is the only value, but we do indeed say that the… — D. James Kennedy Copy Share Image
In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Our country, though it is not a theocracy, you will not understand democracy if you don't understand the biblical foundations and traditions… — Paula White Copy Share Image
America wasn't founded as a theocracy. America was founded by people trying to escape theocracies. Never in history have we had a… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“The Iran War has sharply brought into focus the distinction between two approaches to geopolitics. Faced with a boldly hostile enemy, some… — R. N. Prasher Copy Share Image
The very concept of an Iranian university is an oxymoron. There are no free and open places of learning in that repressive… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Islam's basic principles of belief, worship, morality, and behavior are not affected by changing times. Islam does not propose a certain unchangeable… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
Dark influences from the American past congregate among us still. If we are a democracy, what are we to make of the… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
I did not suggest that Iran is a democracy; just the opposite. I talked about it being a repressive theocracy. What I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In a Christian Theocracy, you'll never be Christian enough. There's always going to be somebody there with another version of Christianity that… — David Silverman Copy Share Image
And if our goal as moral citizens is to make the world a better place, then there is only once choice: to… — Ezra Levant Copy Share Image
“...nothing that is historical can relate itself, from its own ground, to anything messianic. Therefore, the Kingdom of God is not the… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Hitherto, the Palestinians had been relatively immune to this Allahu Akhbar style. I thought this was a hugely retrograde development. I said… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Many religious fundamentalists around the world would like to see the establishment of theocracies — states where religion and government are closely… — John Lee Copy Share Image
“When the Washington Post telephoned me at home on Valentine's Day 1989 to ask my opinion about the Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwah ,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Like the Nazis, the cadres of jihad have a death wish that sets the seal on their nihilism. The goal of a… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Killing, raping and looting have been common practices in religious societies, and often carried out with clerical sanction. The catalogue of notorious… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“Shrouded as he was for a decade in an apparent cloak of anonymity and obscurity, Osama bin Laden was by no means… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Edward genially enough did not dis agree with what I said, but he didn't seem to admit my point, either. I wanted… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Given the religious nature of the Middle Eastern culture, how might a Middle Eastern democracy [be] structured? Will there be three or… — Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Copy Share Image
All it takes for America to become a theocracy is for nonbelievers to do nothing. — Judith Hayes Copy Share Image
“There may be a worse form of government than theocracy in the long run, but offhand I can't think of any.” — S.M. Stirling Copy Share Image
“God's original purpose for government was to punish the evil and reward the good.” — William R. Bowen Copy Share Image
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