Politics Quote by Timothy Shah

“Journalism, look you, is the religion of modern society.”

— Honoré de Balzac

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

— Jeremy Bentham

“Religion does three things quite effectively: Divides people, Controls people, Deludes people.”

— Carlespie Mary Alice McKinney

“the moral and spiritual imperatives of religion are important for humanity and should not be relegated unthinkingly to the scrap heap of history in…

— Karen Armstrong

“If we subject religious claims to a lesser degree of scrutiny, we should not be surprised if religious people subject us to a greater…

— Stifyn Emrys

“I believe that, in this country, the press exerts a greater and a more pernicious influence than the church did in its worst period.…

— Henry David Thoreau

“If we hope to move beyond the superficialities of our culture, including our religious culture, we must be willing to go down into the…

— Richard J. Foster

“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

“Whenever religion shows contempt or disregards the rights of persons, even under the noblest pretexts, it draws us away from reality and God.”

— Brennan Manning

“The greatest threat to religion in any society is not persecution, but rather apathy born of irrelevance.”

— Sherman A. Jackson

“Religious repression is the denial of the very essence of what it means to be human.”

— Timothy Shah

“Religion can endanger the life of the pious individual, as well as the lives of others.”

— Richard Dawkins