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Religion is run by thought police. 'Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don't ask questions. Go die for your country.' The spirituality says, 'Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.'

Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.

Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Every generation gets the Constitution that it deserves. As the central preoccupations of an era make their way into the legal system, the Supreme Court eventually weighs in, and nine lawyers in robes become oracles of our national identity.

All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.

We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave society devoid of belief.

I cannot belong to a nation which permits such barbarities as stoning to death and amputation - I don't care what religion it is.