Bloodshed Quote by John C. Danforth

Religion is a tool to stamp out oppression, repression, and tyranny. It's to save the oppressed. That's what religion is for.

— Orlando Jones

Religion is simply one of a multitude of factors - economic political, cultural, social, tribal, racial - which shape and drive human action and…

— Mehdi Hasan

The mission of religion in the twenty-first century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind. Religious faith can helpfoster a…

— Senora Roy

Religion is the cause of all the problems in the world. I don’t believe in organized religion at all. It’s what separates people. One…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety…

— Samuel Chase

“One of the chief tasks of our time must surely be to build a global community in which all peoples can live together in…

— Karen Armstrong

Religion is something people do together to face urgent problems and to resolve them by appealing to truths that seem self-evident to them.

— Jacob Neusner

Religion is responsible for a lot of the problems in the history of the world and it's not something that I practice or recommend,…

— Salman Rushdie

“also review the general history of religion and how we saw a rapid acceleration of intellectual and social human progress only after religion’s influence…

— Alan Jeskin

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

— Irving Kristol

But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of…

— Tony Blair

With increasing poverty, welfare dependency and violence in the United States, religion and religious organizations have an important role to play combating societal problems.

— Mercedes Schlapp