Against religion Quote by Leon V. DePoncins

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

— Edmund Burke

“Socialism, or communism as it is sometimes called, is merely a secular religion, where the State becomes a god.”

— Stefan Molyneux

“Separating religion from the state means that citizens will be able to celebrate their freedom in peace and the martyrs who died fighting for…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

Freedom is won by relegating religion to a purely private sphere remote from the body politic. In fact, the establishment of a free society…

— William Anthony Donohue

“freedom of religion has both private and public dimensions. It is the freedom to pray, to worship, to commune with one’s fellows of like…

— Timothy Shah

“The separation of religion from the practical affairs of society is a convenient doctrine for those who fear that social change would threaten of…

— William Stringfellow

In his condemnation [Karl] Marx referred to institutionalized religion,that has precisely the function of anesthetizing men till they do not notice the in- justice…

— Erich Fromm

Two hundred years ago the forces of freedom challenged this idea. The children of the new enlightenment rose up to defy the tyranny of…

— Sherwin Wine

True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice.

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

The Constitution treats religious belief as uniquely special, uniquely central to the dignity of the human person, and, for that reason, beyond the power…

— Josh Hawley

“. . . in no instance has a system in regard to religion been ever established, but for the purpose, as well as with…

— Jeremy Bentham

“...legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared…

— Thomas Jefferson