Conviction Quote by Henry Parry Liddon

There are clearly many good politicians who are guided by religious belief, so the mix can work. But there's a line to be drawn.…

— Zac Goldsmith

Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation of what…

— Richard Mentor Johnson

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion.

— Hugo Black

Worst of all, however, is the devastation wrought by the misuse of religious conviction for political ends. In truth, we cannot sharply enough attack…

— Adolf Hitler

“Legislatures and parliaments can get together and pretend to change God's laws, but it has no effect on eternal truth.”

— John Bytheway

“Prosecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly-marked feature of all law-religious, or religions established by law.…

— Thomas Paine

“The state can easily destroy religion, but religion cannot do the same with the state. Therefore, defend and secure the freedom of your state…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

You cannot have man legislating and playing God in Parliament, and at the same time believe that Allah is the only legislator.

— Anonymous

The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions.... We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs…

— Barry Goldwater

Government is contemptuous of true religion when it confiscates the taxes of Caesar to finance the things of God.

— Sam Ervin

It is not the legitimate province of the Legislature to determine which religion is true, or what false. Our government is a civil, and…

— Richard Mentor Johnson

We will not be derailed by criminal anarchists who legitimately claim a religious cause.

— John F. Kerry