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Politics is really religion. Politics is about sacredness. Politics is about offering a vision that will bind the nation together to pursue greatness.

I think students should know something about religion as a historical phenomenon, in the same way that they should know something about socialism and humanism and the other great ideas that have shaped political philosophies and therefore the course of human events.

As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.

I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

Politics in America is the binding secular religion.

Campaigning against religion can be socially counter-productive. If teachers take the uncompromising line that God and Darwinism are irreconcilable, many young people raised in a faith-based culture will stick with their religion and be lost to science.

It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that voters will be more likely to unthinkingly accept certain political positions so long as they arise from religious belief.

I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.

Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.