In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs. David Herbert Donald
The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. Ulrich Beck
The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals. Jonathan Lethem
I believe every religion captures a piece of the truth. James Van Der Beek
When you're in prison, you either embrace religion or you reject it. I embraced it it was a very spiritual time for me. Henrique Capriles Radonski
There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves. Junius
Wars have always started over religion. Glenn Danzig
I don't think we should proselytize a particular religion. Sean Hannity
I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality. Amber Tamblyn
I could never say that one religion is wrong. I could never say that this person's God is wrong, I could never say that someone is wrong because they don't believe in God. Amber Tamblyn
Who made these laws? That's what I want to know. So that's why I wear two crosses now. I call it double cross. I believe in God-not religion. Ja Rule
I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult. Lionel Richie
To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means. Emanuel Swedenborg
The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. Emily Carr
The point here is that physics followed the data where it seemed to lead, even though some thought the model gave aid and comfort to religion. Michael Behe
I almost got a psychology degree, I almost got a philosophy degree. I kept changing it so they couldn't make me graduate. I studied anthropology and eastern religion, epistomology, and astronomy... I took every interesting course I could find for nine years. Patrick Rothfuss
Religion theme aside, most of the time I'm in some sort of comedy and I'm a straight man and it's really just, let's wind this guy up and see him explode. Colin Hanks
Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. Azar Nafisi
Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an instrument of control in the same way that in Mao's China people were wearing Mao jackets and women were not supposed to wear any makeup. Azar Nafisi
All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs. Richard Le Gallienne