Beneficence Quote by Moses Mendelssohn

The state dictates and coerces; religion teaches and persuades. The state enacts laws; religion gives commandments. The state is armed with physical force and…

— Moses Mendelssohn

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

— Walter Jon Williams

Power is the goal of religion in general.

— Norman Lear

“First, societies lacking full religious liberty lack a critical restriction on state power. When citizens are free to have an ultimate commitment to something…

— Timothy Shah

The power which works through the formative principles of every religion in every country is manifested in the forms of religion. . .

— Swami Vivekananda

The power of the state to impose restraints and burdens upon persons and property in conservation and promotion of the public health, good order,…

— Melville Fuller

Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine…

— Thomas Jefferson

In proportion as you give the state power to do things for you, you give it power to do things to you.

— Albert J. Nock

Power comes with two substances confidence and faith.

— Anonymous

Power is not just political. It can be cultural; it can be spiritual.

— Nancy Gibbs

Religion holds the solution to all problems of human relationship, whether they are between parents and children or nation and nation. Sooner or later,…

— Arnold J. Toynbee