Ends Quote by William Penn

Government is a true religion: it has its dogmas, its mysteries, its priests. To submit it to the individual discussion is to destroy it;…

— Joseph de Maistre

Religion may in most of its forms be defined as the belief that the gods are on the side of the government.

— Bertrand Russell

Religion [is] the basis and foundation of Government

— James Madison

Government is ordained by God.

— John MacArthur

“Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The government to you is what God is to agnostics--only to be invoked when your own well being is at stake.

— Amitav Ghosh

Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and…

— Calvin Coolidge

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief - and I don't care what it is.

— Anonymous

Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberality and…

— Calvin Coolidge

“Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberality, and…

— Calvin Coolidge

The mixing of government and religion can be a threat to free government, even if no one is forced to participate… When the government…

— Harry A. Blackmun

Government is violence, Christianity is meekness, non-resistance, love. And, therefore, government cannot be Christian, and a man who wishes to be a Christian must…

— Leo Tolstoy