The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“You are the only thing standing between them and the theocracy they want. Diatribe” — Noah Lugeons Copy Share Image
A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness. — Walter Bagehot 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
“God's original purpose for government was to punish the evil and reward the good.” — William R. Bowen 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
All it takes for America to become a theocracy is for nonbelievers to do nothing. — Judith Hayes Copy Share Image
“We often hear the Church referred to as a democracy, when in reality, instead of being a church where the body is… — N. Eldon Tanner 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
“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
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
“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
I am writing from the heart and having a fresh approach to things. We [Theocracy] are obviously not trying to musically re-invent… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
A theocracy is a government ruled directly by God, and for us it means "Theocracy within". In other words, trying to live… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
We overthrew the feudal system in the 1600s, and the theocracy in the 1700s. But currently, corporations play similar roles in many… — John Battelle 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
“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
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
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
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
Anarchism is opposed to states, armies, slavery, the wages system, the landlord system, prisons, monopoly capitalism, oligopoly capitalism, state capitalism, bureaucracy, meritocracy,… — Donald Rooum Copy Share Image
What's most remarkable about the conservative activists who promote a small, hysterical group of conspiracy theorists claiming a Muslim theocracy is the… — Sarah Posner Copy Share Image
“As a concerned American colleague writes to me: 'Europeans need to know there is a traveling theo-freak show which actually advocates reinstatement… — Richard Dawkins 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
“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
“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
“But Mather's smile faded as he thought of what other provisions the charter contained. What would the godly say when they learned… — Marion L. Starkey Copy Share Image
“Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It can certainly be misleading to take the attributes of a movement, or the anxieties and contradictions of a moment, and to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Suppose that we agree that the two atrocities can or may be mentioned in the same breath. Why should we do so?… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
No matter how many troops we have in place or how long they stay, we cannot impose a parliamentary democracy there any… — Nick Clooney Copy Share Image
“ Who are your favorite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
In bringing the subject of religious oppression to a wider audience, I didn't just want to kick the Catholic Church but to… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
... on the whole 'blasphemy' has been a force for good in human history. It is part of the process by which… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
Calvin founded a little theocracy, modeled after the Old Testament, and succeeded in erecting the most detestable government that ever existed, except… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
No form of theocracy, whether it's manifested in a violent or non-violent form, is ever good for civilisation, and we have to… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
We didn't start Theocracy because we wanted to be cool like so-and-so and make money. Our songs aren't trendy, and our lyrics… — Matt Smith 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
I started writing songs in high school and always wanted to have a band, and eventually my creative endeavors developed into Theocracy.… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image