“I say the real and permanent grandeur of these States must be their religion.”

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American poet, essayist and journalist 1819–1892

Elias Lyman Magoon (1810–1886) American minister

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“To preserve permanent good health, the state of mind must be taken into consideration.”

Robert Owen (1771–1858) Welsh social reformer

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“We begin by stating that religion is unbelief. It is a concern, indeed, we must say that it is the one great concern, of godless man…”

Karl Barth book Church Dogmatics

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“Democracy is a form of leading state in which the right and power in the hands of the people as a permanent. To ensure that the right and power is in the hands of people permanently, it must have a system to ensure the balance of power between citizens with its representatives.”

Khem Veasna (1971) Cambodian politician

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“Deep down, the problem is not a God that does not exist, but the religion that proclaims Him. I denounce religions, all religions, as harmful to Humankind. These are harsh words, but one must say them.”

José Saramago book Cain

Interview to the newspaper "O Globo" (at the time of the release of his latest book, Cain), in 2009.

“In Islam, there is no difference between the state and the religion. The religion is the state, the state is the religion.”

Brigitte Gabriel (1964) American journalist

Exposed: The Islamist Agenda (Part - 8) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl_3ol0fYpE

“Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.”

Frank Herbert book Dune

Source: Dune

“There are few signs in a soul's state more alarming than that of religious indifference, that is, the spirit of thinking all religions equally true— the real meaning of which is, that all religions are equally false.”

Frederick William Robertson (1816–1853) British writer and theologian

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 344.

“It is simply, and solely, the abundance of money within a state [which] makes the difference in its grandeur and power.”

Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683) French politician

Arthur John Sargent (1899), The Economic Policy of Colbert. p. 65

“This sudden and unexpected revelation of Shakespeare overwhelmed me. The lightning-flash of his genius revealed the whole heaven of art to me, illuminating its remotest depths in a single flash. I recognised the meaning of real grandeur, real beauty, and the real dramatic truth.”

Hector Berlioz Mémoires

Shakespeare, en tombant ainsi sur moi à l'improviste, me foudroya. Son éclair, en m'ouvrant le ciel de l'art avec un fracas sublime, m'en illumina les plus lointaines profondeurs. Je reconnus la vraie grandeur, la vraie beauté, la vraie vérité dramatiques.
Source: Mémoires (1870), Ch. 18, p. 66

“I say the real and permanent grandeur of these States must be their religion.”

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