political secularism Quotes

The secular state is the guarantee of religious pluralism. This apparent paradox, again, is the simplest and most elegant of political truths.

Politics bereft of religion is absolute dirt, ever to be shunned.

A political party cannot have a religion. Only individuals can.

My concern is to keep religion and the state separated. I don't think that religion and politics go together. When you see political decisions colored by religion, decisions that affect us all... I thought: 'I do not want to go back to medieval times.'

The time has come to knock off this religion business in American politics. There's no end to the mischief that can occur. It is like putting nitroglycerine in a Waring blender.

We want no religious or anti-religious political parties.

It is not a question of religion, or of creed, or of party; it is a question of declaring and maintaining the great American principle of eternal separation between Church and State.

It's not always the case that Muslims have been theocrats.

State assaults on the separation of church and state are nothing new.

I do not want to end up with an American style of politics, with us going out there beating our chest about our faith. Politics and religion - it is not that they do not have a lot in common, but if [religion] ends up being used in the political process, I think that is a bit unhealthy.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

God doesn't belong in politics.

Atheism in legislation, indifference in matters of religion, and the pernicious maxims which go under the name of Liberal Catholicism are the true causes of the destruction of states; they have been the ruin of France. Believe me, the evil I denounce is more terrible than the Revolution, more terrible even than The Commune. I have always condemned Liberal Catholicism, and I will condemn it again forty times over if it be necessary.

If you're a Christian and you're running for president and you want to make this into a theocracy, I'm not going to support you.

Religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of church and state.

Our government should be entirely and purely secular. The religious views of a candidate should be kept entirely out of sight.

Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion into politics

Mingling religion with politics may be disavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America.

We don't say that we don't have it, we're still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.