Quote by Eduardo Galeano

“Colonial America was not settled out of a search for religious liberty, but it stumbled onto that principle just in time.”

— Steven K. Green

“Until then he had believed they justified colonialism: Christianity, civilization, and commerce.”

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“At the time, most Europeans believed that religious conformity was necessary to safeguard civil order, and they questioned how such a diverse colony could…

— David S. Kidder

“To be sure, the church has greatly assisted the colonialist; backing his ventures, helping his conscience, contributing to the acceptance of colonization even by…

— Albert Memmi

“However, many of our ancestors were both the colonizers and the colonized. We embody immensely conflicting cultures.”

— Dolores Delgado Bernal

“Our nation was settled and populated by Christians who could not abide persecution. Shipload after shipload of our Christian ancestors, for decade after decade,…

— John Price

“It was actually in the Atlantic West that we first witnessed the paradox of religious fundamentalism: that it reflects the weakening of religious conviction.”

— Pankaj Mishra

“Religion provides the solace for the turmoil that it creates.”

— Byron Danelius

“Freedom of religion is not enough; we need the extinction of it, because no one has turned to be a religious by their own…

— M.F. Moonzajer

“America was always a religious country, and it remains the most religious of industrialized Western democracies. America derived its strength from religion, not secularism.”

— Dennis Prager

“In other words, America was founded by a nutty religious cult.”

— Kurt Andersen

“Religions began as realization of the self, but ended up being retaliation against each other.”

— Abhijit Naskar