Atheism Quote by Al Smith

Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion into politics

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Worst of all, however, is the devastation wrought by the misuse of religious conviction for political ends. In truth, we cannot sharply enough attack…

— Adolf Hitler

The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions… We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs…

— Barry Goldwater

Whenever we remove a brick from the wall that was designed to separate religion and government, we increase the risk of religious strife and…

— John Paul Stevens

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

If you elect a religious party into power, you no longer have a democracy.

— Maysoon Zayid

I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world.

— Kirk Douglas

I think it's already apparent that a good part of this Nation understands - if only instinctively - that anything which seems to suggest…

— Mario Cuomo

We will be a better country when each religious group can trust its members to obey the dictates of their own religious faith without…

— Margaret Mead

We have a diverse population and have to maintain that and keep religion away from politics.

— Saad Hariri

I will be the first to admit that the sanctity of life and the preservation of religious freedom are not even among the top…

— Robert Jeffress

“My reading of American religious history is that religion always functions best from the margins of society and not in the councils of power.…

— Randall Balmer