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Wars have always started over religion

— Glenn Danzig

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.

— Hans Kung

Most world religions denounced war as a barbaric waste of human life. We treasured the teachings of these religions so dearly that we frequently…

— Jon Stewart

Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.

— Jasper Fforde

In the past, most wars were motivated by the idea of nationhood. Today, however, wars are incited above all using religion as an excuse.

— Shimon Peres

Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of…

— Anonymous

I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else.

— Simon Hoggart

Religion is a very sensitive subject and reason for wars all over the world.

— Yolanda Hadid

War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to tribe, church, flag or…

— Arthur Koestler

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in…

— Richard M. Nixon

War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.

— Woodrow Wilson

This is a war against terrorists. Not a war against a religion, but a war against terrorists.

— Gordon England