Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion. Franklin D. Roosevelt on religion
Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will. Mitt Romney on religion
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. William Ralph Inge on religion
Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples. Jiddu Krishnamurti on religion
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. Karl Marx on religion
If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell. Charles Spurgeon on religion
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. Sigmund Freud on religion
I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion. Patrick Henry on religion
One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all. Richard Dawkins on religion
Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. Thomas Paine on religion
Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion. Scott Adams on religion
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion. Karl Marx on religion
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that. John Keats on religion
Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. Thomas Paine on religion
As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents. George Orwell on religion
My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We're all god. Ray Bradbury on religion
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. Thomas Paine on religion
Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities. Thomas Paine on religion
We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question. Paulo Coelho on religion