Government Quote by Elie Wiesel

It's not a weapon, [governments] don't kill, they don't conduct massacres, although massacres have been committed and many people were killed, but they stifle…

— Elie Wiesel

Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

— Frank Herbert

Religion has been a powerful weapon in the hands of governments, in the hands of priests, in the hands of kings who have used…

— Richard Dawkins

From the standpoint of freedom of speech and the press, it is enough to point out that the state has no legitimate interest in…

— Tom C. Clark

Freedom of religion requires not only freeing religion from undue government regulation and interference. It also requires freeing religion from discrimination and from vile…

— William Barr

The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country…

— Margaret Atwood

I think those governments who resent religion, they're afraid of religion because religion may be in their eyes, in their views be seen as…

— Elie Wiesel

But it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish.

— Frank Herbert

While anyone who practices a religion has the right to their own religious truths, it doesn't give them the right to violate the welfare…

— Marianne Thieme

I condemn all incidents of violence where religious minorities were targeted, no religious group can incite violence ... my government will ensure there is…

— Narendra Modi

The U.S. should prohibit perpetrators and supporters of Islamist brutality from entering the country while embracing advocates for religious freedom. End of story.

— Pete Hoekstra

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.

— Hans Kung