Blood Quote by Edwin Gaustad

Is religion a force for good? The evidence of history and the evidence of current events cast doubt on the truism.

— James A. Haught

Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there…

— Jon Meacham

“Religion is concerned not with genuine history, but with sacred history, which does not course through time like a river. Rather, sacred history is…

— Reza Aslan

Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces in history.

— Dave Brat

“History does not record anywhere a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up…

— Robert Heinlein

Faith is caught rather than taught.

— Henrietta Mears

Faith gives the assurance that our lives and our history have a moral design.

— George W. Bush

The only thing history teaches us, a wise man once said, is that history doesn’t teach us anything.

— Michael Lewis

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in…

— Richard M. Nixon

The course of everything goes to teach us faith.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If history teaches anything, it teaches humility.

— Gordon S. Wood

If history teaches us one thing, than that history teaches us nothing.

— Peter Ustinov