Josh Hawley Quotes

It is human beings who are the basis for politics. A Christian person has great liberty to separate his religious faith from his political activity. The mistake committed by the Church in the Middle Ages was rectified - obviously after a struggle and violent revolutions - and political rule was entirely separated from politics. In our case (of Arab countries), ever since the struggle over who would inherit Prophet Muhammad's place, political rule was essentially based on religion.

Secularization is the process by which certain responsibilities pass from ecclesiastical to political authorities.

The President is the Theologian in Chief.

When you bring God into politics, very strange things happen.

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 secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone.

I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.

The alliance between church and state in England, has ever made their judges accomplice in the frauds of the clergy.

Religion organized in the Church has in times past pursued two lines of action—First, it has secluded itself from the world, gone out of the world, that is, of the State; and, secondly, it has striven to reenter the world as a conqueror, to dominate the world

The separation of church and state was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.

I don't want to separate religion and state, I want to settle it.

The Church controlled so much in Ireland for so long. I'm not going to get into whether or not religion per se is a bad thing, but my point is the political aspect in Ireland was way out of kilter, and it wasn't right.

History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with the power of government.

I don't think Israel's becoming more religious, I think its politics is becoming more religious. There's a difference.

First of all, there's no separation of church and state in the Islamic world. They're one and the same. And so when President Bush or Senator Kerry or Prime Minister Blair says, "Look, adopt our secular democracy, look at how good we've done. We have a wonderful level of standard of living for our people," what many Muslims hear is, "Turn your back on God and follow what men say."

Religion is often politics made sacred.

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.

Religion has no business to formulate social laws.

Whether we like it or not, religion and government policy are unavoidably linked.

U. S. Modern politics, particularly in the era of President George W. Bush, are based on biblical visions …. The anti-Islam campaign has been led by a number of right wing Christian leaders who are currently controlling the U. S. Administration.

Our government should be led by religious men …. Religion is with politics and politics is with religion. They are as one.

The most potent combination is that of religion and politics, because then if you object, you are a heretic.

Christianity is part of the law of England.

The past history of the Christian Church should be a solemn warning to us never to permit an alliance to be formed between the priesthood and the civil magistracy—between church and state powers.

In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.