Convincing Quote by Jurgen Habermas

“he had hated authoritarian religion”

— Ken Follett

History showed that many people had lost their respect for any religion that had relied upon the support of government to spread its faith.

— Hugo Black

“Authoritarianism has no place in religion. If you want to have true religion in your heart, then burn the scriptures and go out in…

— Abhijit Naskar

The history of governmentally established religion, both in England and in this country, showed that whenever government had allied itself with one particular form…

— Hugo Black

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

— Andrew Sullivan

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

— James Madison

“More people than ever before look to government as their best chance of securing well-being rather than as their inevitable enemy. Politics as a…

— John Morris Roberts

“This is how religions shore up dictators; by encircling them with words of power, words which the people are reluctant to see discredited, disenfranchised,…

— Salman Rushdie

“Religion comforts us for the defeat of our will to power. It adds new worlds to ours, and thus brings us hope of new…

— Emil Cioran

It is a quite remarkable fact that the great religions of the most civilized peoples are more deeply fraught with sadness than the simpler…

— Emile Durkheim

Our own country seemed more polarized than it's ever been and since the two terrorist attacks of 9/11, religion was in greater disrepute than…

— Pico Iyer

“Religion, by ‘consecrating’ the state, gives the people an added impetus to respect and regard their regime.”

— Edmund Burke