Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [21-40] of 495 Religion quotesReligion QuotesReligion Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes ~ John Adams Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.~ John Quincy Adams The highest glory of the American Revolution was this; it connected, in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.~ John Quincy Adams And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; or to raise standing armies, unless necessary for the defense of the United States, or of some one or more of them; or to prevent the people from petitioning, in a peaceable and orderly manner, the federal legislature, for a redress of grievances; or to subject the people to unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons, papers or possessions.~ Samuel Adams Dogma is the convictions of one man imposed authoritatively upon others.~ Felix Adler How to create a socialist state by Saul Alinsky: There are 8 levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a socialist state. The first is the most important. 1) Healthcare — Control healthcare and you control the people. 2) Poverty — Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live. 3) Debt — Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty. 4) Gun Control — Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police state. 5) Welfare — Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income). 6) Education — Take control of what people read and listen to — take control of what children learn in school. 7) Religion — Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools. 8) Class Warfare — Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.~ Saul Alinksy There is not anything, which has contributed so much to delude mankind in religious matters, as mistaken apprehensions concerning supernatural inspiration or revelation; not considering that all true religion originates from reason, and cannot otherwise be understood, but by the exercise and improvement of it.~ Ethan Allen If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss Bank.~ Woody Allen The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.~ Woody Allen The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.~ Fisher Ames The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel The test of every religious, political, or educational system, is the man which it forms. If a system injures the intelligence it is bad. If it injures the character it is vicious. If it injures the conscience it is criminal.~ Henri Frederic Amiel Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth.~ Henri Frederic Amiel Paradise is just like where you are right now, only much better.~ Laurie Anderson Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.~ Saint Thomas Aquinas It makes no difference whether a good man has defrauded a bad man, or a bad man defrauded a good man, or whether a good or bad man has committed adultery: the law can look only to the amount of damage done.~ Aristotle A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious.~ Aristotle What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.~ Margot Asquith The use of “religion” as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country or time.~ Margaret Atwood Near our vineyard there was a pear tree laden with fruit that was not attractive in either flavor or form. One night, when I [at the age of sixteen] had played until dark on the sandlot with some other juvenile delinquents, we went to shake that tree and carry off its fruit. From it we carried off huge loads, not to feast on, but to throw to the pigs, although we did eat a few ourselves. We did it just because it was forbidden.~ Saint Augustine Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print