Sect Quotes

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If a sect does officially insist that its structure of belief demands that evolution be false, then no compromise is possible. An honest and competent… — George Gaylord Simpson
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any… — James Madison
Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no… — George Bernard Shaw
Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. — Benjamin Franklin
Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect. — John Keats
No religious reading, instruction or exercise, shall be prescribed or practiced [in the elementary schools] inconsistent with the tenets of any religious sect or denomination. — Thomas Jefferson
Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sect. — James Madison
If they are good workmen, they may be of Asia, Africa, or Europe. They may be Mohometans, Jews or Christians of any Sect, or they… — George Washington
Buddha taught kindness towards lower beings; and since then there has not been a sect in India that has not taught charity to all beings,… — Swami Vivekananda
The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion - except for the sect that… — Robert H. Jackson
I am tolerant of all creeds. Yet if any sect suffered itself to be used for political objects I would meet it by political opposition.… — Millard Fillmore
A self-conscious society will therefore endeavor to limit sect forming by providing for the widest possible diffusion of secular knowledge. — Edward Alsworth Ross
It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with… — James Madison
Is it not the interest of the human race, that every one should be so taught and placed, that he would find his highest enjoyment… — Robert Owen
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acquires the political power to do… — Robert A. Heinlein
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of… — Anna Julia Cooper
In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate-look to his character. — Noah Webster
According to Miller, Pharisee Judaism is not a religion at all, but a secret society posing as a religion, a "sect with Judaism as a… — Edith Starr Miller
Religion shows a pattern of heredity which I think is similar to genetic heredity. ... There are hundreds of different religious sects, and every religious… — Richard Dawkins
It's really cool to know that you've put something together that isn't for a particular audience. It's so often that a TV show can really… — David Krumholtz

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