Easy Quote by Kjell Magne Bondevik Download Open image “Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.” — Kjell Magne Bondevik ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Easy Misuse Patriotism Political Purpose Religion
Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war. — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Patriotism is a superstition, one far more injurious, brutal and inhumane than religion. — Gustave Herve Copy Share Image
Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism — John Haynes Holmes Copy Share Image
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“[Patriotism] is in itself a kind of religion: it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and sentiment.” — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections. — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
“Make no mistake: patriotism is a religion, the enemy of lucidity. It is pure obscurantism, an act of faith.” — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape. — William Blum Copy Share Image
There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community. — Kjell Magne Bondevik Copy Share Image
The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians... They must fight terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in order to make possible progress on… — Kjell Magne Bondevik Copy Share Image
Villa Grande has in many ways symbolized an important, but less than pleasant, part of our history. — Kjell Magne Bondevik Copy Share Image
We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to… — Kjell Magne Bondevik Copy Share Image
If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better. — Kjell Magne Bondevik Copy Share Image
Don't believe those who claim that only left wing parties really care about employment. — Kjell Magne Bondevik Copy Share Image
A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society. — Kjell Magne Bondevik Copy Share Image
Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries. — Kjell Magne Bondevik Copy Share Image
If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding. — Kjell Magne Bondevik Copy Share Image
Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts. — Kjell Magne Bondevik Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
she got a reputation for an easy smile and a sharp tongue, and using one to balance the other, she seemed friendly but distant — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
People think that the Club World Cup is an easy competition, but it's not. — Keylor Navas Copy Share Image
New York is large, glamorous, easy-going, kindly and incurious, but above all it is a crucible - because it is large enough to be… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
I've done so many other projects where you're in a room with a reader and you're acting your lines out: 'We have to get… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
Sometimes life can suck and not be fair ,but we have to deal with it,because we feel we cant do anything but,we can.We have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mortals are such fragile things. Just tender feelings walking around exposed in their delicate shells...Easy to crush. — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
Certainly these are not easy times. But history does not contain very many easy times. Years from now, we will look back at this… — Laura Ingraham Copy Share Image
I don't know why, but I'm an easy target. And I don't do anything to dispel it. — Ted McGinley Copy Share Image
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