Aggressiveness Quote by Wole Soyinka

Oftentimes, when I was reporting on conflict somewhere in the world or prison or wherever I might be, I'd be struck by the fact…

— Lawrence Wright

Unfortunately, violent events and hate-filled rhetoric around the world provide ample opportunity for promoting religious hostility.

— Ibrahim Hooper

In bringing the subject of religious oppression to a wider audience, I didn't just want to kick the Catholic Church but to poke a…

— Peter Mullan

“the only viable response to religious hostility is love, empathy, compassion, understanding—not more hostility. (What could be more pathetic than a hostile fight against…

— Brian D. McLaren

“There is no greater threat to liberty, peace and progress than theocracy.  Right now the Muslims just happen to be leading the race when…

— Noah Lugeons

“Authoritarianism has no place in religion. If you want to have true religion in your heart, then burn the scriptures and go out in…

— Abhijit Naskar

Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.

— Anonymous

It is no accident that Hitler, Lenin, Pol Pot and other butchers of note took special pains early in their despotic careers to suppress…

— Tony Snow

... so far from entrenching human conduct within the gentle barriers of peace and love, religion has ever been, and now is, the deepest…

— Frances Wright

Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be the most…

— George Washington

“Religious moderates are, in large part, responsible for the religious conflict in our world, because their beliefs provide the context in which scriptural literalism…

— Sam Harris

No form of theocracy, whether it's manifested in a violent or non-violent form, is ever good for civilisation, and we have to challenge it…

— Maajid Nawaz