If you look at U.S. history through religious history there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues.
Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
Religions which condemn the pleasures of sense drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.
We peruse one ideal that of bringing people together in peace irrespective of race religion and political convictions for the benefit of mankind.
Religion is of general and public concern and on its support depend in great measure the peace and good order of government the safety and happiness of the people.
Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran no matter how benign their intentions present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west.
True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.
Happiness is a mystery like religion and should never be rationalised.
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.
The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.
When Religion and Royalty are swept away the people will attack the great and after the great they will fall upon the rich.
I have a great love and respect for religion great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism people who do not choose.
Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.
The three great elements of modern civilization Gun powder Printing and the Protestant religion.
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's.
As long as I don't write about the government religion politics and other institutions I am free to print anything.
We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive.
The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.
Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?
In my view the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children under a free government ought to be instructed.