Christianity Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the…

— James Madison

Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure & perpetuate…

— James Madison

Clergy are men as well as other folks.

— Henry Fielding

I do deeply deplore, of the sake of the cause, the prevalent notion, that the clergy must be had, either by persuasion or by…

— Anonymous

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

The clergy, with a few honorable exceptions, have in all modern countries been the avowed enemies of the diffusion of knowledge, the danger of…

— Henry Thomas Buckle

The clergy converted the simple teachings of Jesus into an engine for enslaving mankind and adulterated by artificial constructions into a contrivance to filch…

— Thomas Jefferson

“To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in need. The clergy must live solely on the free-will offerings…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The law for religious freedom... [has]put down the aristocracy of the clergy and restored to the citizen the freedom of the mind.

— Thomas Jefferson

The clergy, no less than the capitalist class, lives on the backs of the people, profits from the degradation, the ignorance and the oppression…

— Rosa Luxemburg

Issues like immigration, police brutality, and other onerous laws put in place by local and state governments are prime avenues for active clergy to…

— Anthea Butler

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which…

— Thomas Jefferson