Religion Quote by Everett Ferguson

“Contemporaries struggled to make sense of what, to them, was the complete collapse of the world order. “Why does [God] allow us to be…

— Peter Frankopan

“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they…

— Aristotle

“What began as a declaration of religious independence from Rome transformed over the years into a virulent doctrine of Saxon/Teutonic racial superiority over”

— Bryan Sykes

“The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as…

— Edward Gibbon

“Let them cease, then, to insult the Roman empire, who pretend that they are the sons of the Church; when they see that Christ,…

— Dante Alighieri

“Roman laws tended to be long and complex - one of Rome's most enduring legacies to the world is cumbersome and tortuous legal prose.”

— Adrian Goldsworthy

“Perhaps there is nothing greater on earth than the sacrifice of youth and beauty, often of high birth, made by the gentle sex in…

— Voltaire

“Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives…

— Anonymous

“Let me repeat: the stakes are high. We must confront one of the most massive pseudo-evidences in recent intellectual history: the belief, rampant in…

— Peter Sloterdijk

“Roman Catholicism is a broken and utterly desperate thing, capable only of malignant mischief in our awakening world.”

— H.G. Wells

“You see, however, which is called the Court of Rome, and which neither you nor any man can deny to be more corrupt than…

— Martin Luther

“He (Scipio of Rome) did not consider that republic flourishing whose walls stand, but whose morals are in ruins. -- City of God, Book…

— Augustine of Hippo