Cases Quote by Jared Diamond

The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered.

— Alexander the Great

Religion may in most of its forms be defined as the belief that the gods are on the side of the government.

— Bertrand Russell

Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.

— E. B. White

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

— Walter Jon Williams

“Any government that use a dictatorship uses its powers and propaganda to control its own people, for example Sharia-Law have nothing to do with…

— Zybejta Beta Metani'Marashi

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

— Hugo Black

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

— James Madison

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

— Frank Herbert

“Our forefathers understood that if you let one religion control “THE STATE,” they typically subjugate and destroy other competing religions that are different from…

— Lee Vickers

Religions are manipulated in order to serve those who govern society and not the other way around.

— Gore Vidal

While just government protects all in their religious rites, true religion affords government its surest support.

— George Washington

They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt