Character Quote by David Hume

Religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by…

— James Madison

So the question is, First, Whether the civil magistrate hath power to force men in things religious to do contrary to their conscience, and…

— Robert Barclay

“No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions…

— John Paul Davis

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free world must…

— Frank Sinatra

The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the…

— Calvin Coolidge

The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific, which requires…

— Robert Sheaffer

“Organised religion is a contradiction in terms - it's the fallible meeting the infallible. Any earthly, bureaucratic representation of a higher power will prove…

— Stewart Stafford

The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their virtue. Everything…

— Voltaire

Let every man abide in the calling wherein he is called and his work will be as sacred as the work of the ministry.…

— Anonymous

In my judgment it is the duty of Congress, while respecting to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen, to…

— James A. Garfield

Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders.

— William Makepeace Thackeray