Religion Quote by Aristotle

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they…

— Aristotle

“Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives…

— Anonymous

“A ruler who discerning justice refuseth to it the sanction of law, demanding abnegation of rights and self-sacrifice, will not drive his subjects to…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

As William Penn put it: "Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." Remember... that those tyrants are often…

— Wayne Dyer

“The freest people, like the freest man, is always in danger of re-lapsing into servitude. Wars are almost always fatal to Republics. They create…

— Albert Pike

“A person is not religious solely when he worships a divinity, but when he puts all the resources of his mind, the complete submission…

— Gustave Le Bon

“Again, where the people are absolute rulers of the land, they rejoice in having the openness and exuberance of youth, while a tyrant counts…

— Euripides

Tyrants and dictators will accept no other gods before them. They require disobedience to the First Commandment. They seek absolute control and are threatened…

— George W. Bush

“For rulers, religion is a great tool to rule the common people.”

— Debasish Mridha

“This is how religions shore up dictators; by encircling them with words of power, words which the people are reluctant to see discredited, disenfranchised,…

— Salman Rushdie

“Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.”

— William Penn

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

— Benjamin Franklin