Theocracy Quotes - Page 2

• The Constitution and laws of the United States resemble a theocracy more closely than any government now on the earth, or that ever has been, so far as we know, except the government of the children of Israel to the time when they elected a king.

  Brigham Young

  Kings, Children, Government

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• The American experiment is not a theocracy and does not establish an official religion, but the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States are rooted in a Christian perspective of the nature of government and the nature of man. The challenge of the next millennium will be to preserve the American experiment by restoring its Christian perspective.

  William H. Pryor, Jr.

  Christian, Men, Perspective

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• Under theocracies and other authoritarian regimes, the rulers are the moral authorities. Under genuine democracy some basic values are entrenched in the legal system, which is expected to be under democratic vigilance, and others are left to the person or the group, which ideally debate moral problems in a rational, free and cooperative manner.

  Mario Bunge

  Democracy, Groups, Legal System

  Source: deutsche-denker.de

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• I know a whole generation has been raised on the notion of multiculturalism; that all civilizations are just different. No! Not always. Sometimes things are better! Rule of law is better than autocracy and theocracy; equality of the sexes, better; protection of minorities, better; free speech, better; free elections, better; free appliances with large purchases, better! Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.

  Bill Maher

  Sex, Law, Civilization

  "Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home". Documentary, Comedy, 2003.

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• The calendar of the Theocracy of Muntab counts down, not up. No-one knows why, but it might not be a good idea to hang around and find out.

  Terry Pratchett

  Ideas, Calendars, Might

  "Wyrd Sisters". Book by ‎Terry Pratchett, 1989.

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• You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because deep down it's not a legitimate regime, it doesn't represent the will of the people, it's kind of morphed into kind of a military theocracy.

  Hillary Clinton

  Military, Iran, Talking

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• In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Irans theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.

  Elliott Abrams

  Independent, Iran, Freedom Of Speech

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• No one expects this nation to become a theocracy, where Christianity is the only value, but we do indeed say that the essential values and founding principles of the nation should not be ignored.

  D. James Kennedy

  Christian, Religious, Principles

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• Maybe there is no good God. But there is definitely a devil, and his predominant passion is the religion of Protestant fundamentalists. I believe my country is beginning to resemble a theocracy. Using television, the evangelists raise appalling amounts of money which they then invest in the election of mentally disabled obscurantists.

  Gore Vidal

  Country, Believe, Passion

  "The End of Gore Vidal". Interview with Lila Azam Zanganeh, www.guernicamag.com. August 15, 2012.

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• I'm yet to discover any form of theocracy that isn't homophobic, that isn't bigoted to the out group.

  Maajid Nawaz

  Groups, Form, Homophobic

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• All it takes for America to become a theocracy is for nonbelievers to do nothing.

  Judith Hayes

  America, Religion, Atheism

  Judith Hayes (2000). “The Happy Heretic”

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• Who are your favourite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as their ideal feminine model.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Real, Iran, Iraq

  "Hitch-22: A Memoir". Book by Christopher Hitchens, 2010.

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• Few things are more commonly misunderstood than the nature and meaning of theocracy. It is commonly assumed to be a dictatorial rule by self-appointed men who claim to rule for God. In reality, theocracy in Biblical law is the closest thing to a radical libertarianism that can be had.

  R.J. Rushdoony

  Biblical, Reality, Men

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• A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness.

  Walter Bagehot

  Freedom, Government, Democracy

  Walter Bagehot (1951). “Literary Studies”

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• We didn't start Theocracy because we wanted to be cool like so-and-so and make money. Our songs aren't trendy, and our lyrics hopefully make people think about certain concepts in a new way.

  Matt Smith

  Song, Thinking, People

  Source: www.angelicwarlord.com

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• I started writing songs in high school and always wanted to have a band, and eventually my creative endeavors developed into Theocracy. So in some ways, you could say the vision has been there since I started writing songs.

  Matt Smith

  Song, Writing, School

  Source: www.angelicwarlord.com

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• We overthrew the feudal system in the 1600s, and the theocracy in the 1700s. But currently, corporations play similar roles in many of our lives, either directly or indirectly.

  John Battelle

  Play, Feudal System, Roles

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• I am no proponent of a theocracy. I am a secularist. I want an independent Iraqi government, not a lackey of Tehran.

  Ayad Allawi

  Independent, Government, Want

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• What we argue in the piece is that the headscarf has become a political symbol for an ideology of Islam that is exported to the world by the theocracies of the governments of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Just like the Catholic Church in the 17th century did religious propaganda to challenge the Protestant Reformation, these ideologies are trying to define the way Muslims express Islam in the world.

  Asra Nomani

  Religious, Government, Iran

  "The Case Against Wearing Hijab To Support Muslim Women". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. December 22, 2015.

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• I must admit that any favorable mention of the flying saucers by a scientist amounts to extreme heresy and places the one making the statement in danger of excommunication by the scientific theocracy. Nevertheless, in recent years I have investigated the story of the unidentified flying object (UFO), and I am no longer able to dismiss the idea lightly.

  Frank B. Salisbury

  Years, Ideas, Flying

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• I did not suggest that Iran is a democracy; just the opposite. I talked about it being a repressive theocracy. What I think is indisputable is that even within this repressive regime, the political leaders there - including the Supreme Leader - are sensitive to the concerns of the population within bounds.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Iran, Opposites

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Islam's basic principles of belief, worship, morality, and behavior are not affected by changing times. Islam does not propose a certain unchangeable form of government or attempt to shape it. Islam has never offered nor established a theocracy in its name. Instead, Islam establishes fundamental principles that orient a government's general character.

  Fethullah Gulen

  Character, Government, Names

  Interview with David Kenner, foreignpolicy.com. February 25, 2010.

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• For Pakistan, Kashmir represents the infeasibility of secular nationalism and underscores the need for an Islamic theocracy in the subcontinent.

  Nyla Ali Khan

  Islamic, Kashmir, Needs

  "The Hidden Tragedy of Kashmir". Interview with Souad Sharabani, www.counterpunch.org. September 15, 2016.

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• What's most remarkable about the conservative activists who promote a small, hysterical group of conspiracy theorists claiming a Muslim theocracy is the greatest threat facing America today is that they are also promoters of the mythology that America was founded and should be governed as a Christian nation - or, when they're feeling magnanimously ecumenical, a "Judeo-Christian" nation.

  Sarah Posner

  Christian, America, Feelings

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• I think you can hear the struggles and hear a realness in Theocracy songs, a human element that you don't get from a lot of the typical Christian stuff.

  Matt Smith

  Christian, Song, Struggle

  Source: www.angelicwarlord.com

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