Inspirational Quote by Gore Vidal

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

Religions become corrupted when leaders are assigned to explain God's will to people instead of showing them how to find this direction within themselves.

— James Redfield

When the power, prestige, and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious minorities to…

— Hugo Black

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.

— Walter Jon Williams

Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.

— Julian Casablancas

All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than…

— Alexander Herzen

Religion gives us a place to stand outside politics, and without it we're vulnerable to a system in which the state defines everything, which…

— R. R. Reno

...religion is a tool to bind people together, to strengthen their unity, but like every tool, it can be mismanaged, even used in opposition…

— Deepak Chopra

From a historical viewpoint, religion is just a kind of superstition, and from a political viewpoint it is a tool of social control.

— Mario Bunge

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

“Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity…

— Christopher Hitchens

The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.

— Al-Ghazali