Sectarian Quotes

52 Sectarian quotes by 47 unique authors

[I]t would be unjust to our people and dangerous to our institutions to apply any portion of revenues of the nation or of the States… — James A. Garfield
The idea of America's religious groups fighting over the limited public money to be made available takes us down the road towards the kind of… — David Saperstein
It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure. — Mary Douglas
I realised that the political context had got worse since the 2010 World Cup. I tried to ignore it but I wanted, as a national… — Vicente del Bosque
Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq. — Ahmed Chalabi
I hold that in this country there must be complete severance of Church and State; that public moneys shall not be used for the purpose… — Theodore Roosevelt
Any great organization can go through sectarian phases. — Mary Douglas
Lebanon was at one time known as a nation that rose above sectarian hatred; Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East. All… — Roger Ebert
Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian… — Barack Obama
People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way - quite suddenly - to sectarian identification with… — Amartya Sen
If by religion we are to understand sectarian dogmas, in which no two of them agree, then your exclamation on that hypothesis is just, "that… — Thomas Jefferson
The conclusion of intelligent design flows naturally from the data itself—not from sacred books or sectarian beliefs. Inferring that biochemical systems were designed by an… — Michael Behe
Undergraduates today can select from a swathe of identity studies.... The shortcoming of all these para-academic programs is not that they concentrate on a given… — Tony Judt
The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism remains what it… — Walpola Rahula
A priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense esprit de corps. He… — H.G. Wells
The Christian conceives of his abode on Earth in no more delightful colors than the Jainist sectarian. He sees in it only a time of… — Emile Durkheim
I think I would abolish schools which systematically inculcate sectarian beliefs. — Richard Dawkins
The good news from the U.S. military survey of focus groups is that Iraqis do accept the Nuremberg principles. They understand that sectarian violence and… — Noam Chomsky
Women, who enjoyed a high social status and levels of education under Saddam, saw terrible setbacks as Iraq fell into civil war. As a result… — Richard Engel
A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines. — Tom Paulin
This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination. — Jalal Talabani
For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including… — John Charles Polanyi
We have warned and continue to warn against calls for the division of Iraq, which come up now and then, calling for sectarian rights or… — Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
In the remaining months, we should focus on achieving more robust international involvement in training of Iraqi soldiers, police officers, judges, teachers, and doctors -… — John Olver

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