Religion Quote by Thomas Jefferson

What has been the effect of [religious] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and…

— Thomas Jefferson

Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced…

— Thomas Jefferson

Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other. Is uniformity attainable? Millions…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Religious toleration, to a certain extent, has been won, because people have ceased to consider religion so important as it was once thought to…

— Bertrand Russell

On balance the moral influence of religion has been awful.

— Steven Weinberg

The world is polarizing over religion. It is getting both more religious and less religious at the same time.

— Timothy Keller

The distortions and insults about organized religion will continue unabated as long as our popular culture continues its overall campaign against judgment and values.…

— Michael Medved

People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense.

— Mark Dever

While the religious divisions in our world are self-evident, many people still imagine that religious conflict is always caused by a lack of education,…

— Sam Harris

When the power, prestige, and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious minorities to…

— Hugo Black

“Then why should the side effects of your exercise of religious freedom effectively “impose your religion” on those affected—or undermine their own freedom of…

— John Corvino