Carroll Quigley Quotes

Islam is a totalitarian ideology. It rules every aspect of life — economics, family law, whatever. It has religious symbols, it has a God, it has a book — but it’s not a religion. It can be compared with totalitarian ideologies like Communism or fascism. There is no country where Islam is dominant where you have a real democracy, a real separation between church and state.

Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again.

Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics and ideologues who menace decency and progress. No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.

The only time I every fear religion is when it has the power of the state behind it.

A good deal of the political battle of the future will be a conflict between religion and unbelief:

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

When you claim to have the truth, as opposed to the truth as you perceive it, then you move us toward a theocratic view of government.

It is well known that the Soviet Union closely regulates all organizations and movements, including religion.

I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Islam, or any religion, will become totalitarian if it is made into an ideology, because that is the nature of ideologies.

It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do not provide your society with a new religion, it will gradually revert to the old one.

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.

Fascism is a religious concept.

I'm personally a nonbeliever, so I'm struggling with if we really need religion.

The struggle of democratic secularism, religious tolerance, individual freedom and feminism against authoritarian patriarchal religion, culture and morality is going on all over the world - including the Islamic world, where dissidents are regularly jailed, killed, exiled or merely intimidated and silenced.