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“The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.”— Voltaire
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“One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.”— Albert Einstein
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“Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.”— Albert Einstein
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“Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.”— Socrates
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“The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.”— Dave Barry
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“When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.”— Voltaire
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“Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.”— Bill Gates
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“No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.”— George Bernard Shaw
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“Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.”— Sigmund Freud
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“The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.”— Oliver Wendell Holmes
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“The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.”— Samuel Butler
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“I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but I'm not religious at all. I have no religion.”— Sarah Silverman
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“The Islam of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century was a poor thing. Nobody bothered about it. Islam was that funny sort of pure system of beliefs that depressed people in the Middle East held as their religion.”— John Keegan
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“I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.”— B. R. Ambedkar
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“God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.”— Naguib Mahfouz
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“The first time I sang in the church choir two hundred people changed their religion.”— Fred Allen
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“Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.”— George Will
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“Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents.”— Ron Lewis
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“I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.”— Oriana Fallaci
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“Religion is the solid basis of good morals therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.”— Gouverneur Morris
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“Religious tolerance is something we should all practice however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else.”— Walter Koenig
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“Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.”— Benjamin Carson
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“Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center of everything else, always the first and the ultimate, the absolutely original.”— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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“Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.”— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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“The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.”— Arlen Specter