Church Quote by Lowell P. Weicker, Jr

If the government of this country tramples the faith and values of its citizens, history will hold those in power responsible for the violent…

— Randall Terry

Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces in history.

— Dave Brat

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.

— Walter Jon Williams

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion.

— Hugo Black

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

— James Madison

If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good.

— Morris Raphael Cohen

At all times, in every century, every age, there has been such a connection between despotism and religion that it is infinitely apparent and…

— Marquis de Sade

History is not happenstance: it is conspiratorial. Carefully planned and executed by people in power.

— George Carlin

“Thus it is, when the moral restraints of religion and tradition, hierarchy and precedent, are removed, the power to suspend or unleash catastrophic events…

— Paul Johnson

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.

— Richard Dawkins

Power is the goal of religion in general.

— Norman Lear

History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power has destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which truly belongs…

— Carl Sagan