Approval Quote by John Boyd Orr

“Almost all empires were created by force, but none can be sustained by it. Universal rule, to last, needs to translate force into obligation.…

— Henry Kissinger

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

— Walter Jon Williams

The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence

— Moses Mendelssohn

Power is the goal of religion in general.

— Norman Lear

Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government.

— Thomas Jefferson

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.

— Publilius Syrus

To rulers religion, like almost everything else, is a tool of power.

— Will Durant

“First, societies lacking full religious liberty lack a critical restriction on state power. When citizens are free to have an ultimate commitment to something…

— Timothy Shah

“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

A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in…

— John Kasich

The State has invariably shown a striking talent for the expansion of its powers beyond any limits that might be imposed upon it.

— Murray Rothbard

Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it…

— Edward Said