Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
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Politicians use religion, and they get their troops riled up with religion.
Politics is really religion. Politics is about sacredness. Politics is about offering a vision that will bind the nation together to pursue greatness.
Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.
Politicians don't really bring up religion in England.
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
Politics in America is the binding secular religion.
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 the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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