Religious Leaders Quotes - Page 2

• When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.

  Elizabeth Joan Smith

  Religious, Leader, Agendas

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• No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man's religion or faith.

  Donald Trump

  Religious, Men, Should Have

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Religion is important for humanity, but it should evolve with humanity. The first priority is to establish and develop the principle of pluralism in all religious traditions. If we, the religious leaders, cultivate a sincere pluralistic attitude, then everything will be more simple. It is good that most religious leaders are at least beginning to recognize other traditions, even though they may not approve of them. The next step is to accept that the idea of propagating religion is outdated. It no longer suits the times.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Attitude, Simple

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• The cross, as poignant as it is, is understandable from a human perspective: an innocent man was murdered by crooked politicians and religious leaders. But the empty tomb-- what can you say? Only a supernatural God could accomplish that.

  Jim Cymbala

  Religious, Men, Innocent Man

  Jim Cymbala (2010). “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People”, p.160, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If someone spreads hate then they're not your religious leader.

  Stephen Colbert

  Religious, Hate, Leader

  "A Comedian and a Cardinal Open Up on Spirituality". Speech of Stephen Colbert and Timothy M. Dolan at Fordham University, New York City, NY, www.nytimes.com. September 15, 2012.

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• It is not unusual to hear a religious leader, a philosopher, or a poet refer to man as having a divine spark within him. Such characterizations infer that man possesses great abilities and potentials. We are frequently admonished to develop our capabilities, reach out, and set high goals for ourselves.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Religious, Men, Generosity

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• They [the disciples] were testifying to the resurrection, a question of fact, not merely of faith. They were convinced of an event. And their willingness to die for attesting to that event is far more convincing that the willingness of others to die for a mere belief or because of loyalty to a religion or religious leader.

  Dave Hunt

  Loyalty, Religious, Leader

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• For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. I'm proud to be a Christian, and as president, I will not allow Christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened, unlike what is happening now.

  Donald Trump

  Christian, Religious, Leader

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• God's dream still remains unfulfilled. It was not fulfilled 2,000 years ago, or in the home of any religious leader or any American home, and today the Unification Church is here to pledge to fulfill that dream. We don't want to confine that fulfillment to our Church, but to expand it all over the world. Wouldn't that be the Kingdom of God on earth?

  Sun Myung Moon

  Dream, Religious, Home

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• Donald Trump for his part's out there saying it's outrageous for a religious leader to say that he's not a Christian. Trump's out there saying (paraphrasing), "I'm the one guy that's out there saying the attacks on Christianity are gonna stop when I get elected."

  Rush Limbaugh

  Christian, Religious, Guy

  "The Pope: Trump’s Not a Christian". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. February 18, 2016.

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• But it's more an up-versus-down issue because the research has shown that opinion leaders, whether they're elected officials, journalists, business leaders - it's academics, religious leaders - they have dramatically different views on immigration. A

  Mark Krikorian

  Religious, Views, Opinion Leaders

  "A Closer Look At Obama Administration's Controversial Deportation Plans". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 26, 2015.

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• In my childhood, and particularly when I take the responsibility, I already have sort of keen desire, we must change our system. Then as soon as we reach India, 1959, at once we start working for democratization. Now here if remain in a political sort of field, supreme leader, at the same time religious leader, that may become hindrance of proper democracy.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Responsibility, Political

  Source: www.kpbs.org

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• We are not responsible for the behavior of anyone that goes contrary to what we teach, any more than the Pope of Rome or the Archbishop of Canterbury or a religious leader who teaches moral law and values can be charged with the errant behavior of a parishioner or congregant who may violate their moral teachings. That is on the individual.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Religious, Teaching, Rome

  Source: www.finalcall.com

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• Some religions believe that there's a hierarchy, that you don't have a connection, but you must go through the shaman or the priest or whoever the religious leader is. And that's what surprises me, that some people who find a huge value in these kinds of systems also seem to enjoy ILLUSIONS. I can't figure it out.

  Richard Bach

  Religious, Believe, People

  Interview with Michael Peter Langevin, www.inner-growth.info.

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• Scientists and religious leaders, activists and first nation leaders, CEOs of corporations and actors, all of us need to come together right now, because the planet is in a lot of pain. My job doesn’t always feel like an integral part of the change that needs to occur. If I can offer, in my profession, to do things that are going to allow more people to connect with certain issues, then I hope it’s useful.

  Ellen Page

  Religious, Jobs, Pain

  "Ellen Page’s Greenest Day". Interview with Maddie Oatman, www.motherjones.com. September 11, 2010.

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• We have everywhere an absence of memory. Architects sometimes talk of building with context and continuity in mind, religious leaders call it tradition, social workers say it's a sense of community, but it is memory we have banished from our cities. We have speed and power, but no place. Travel, but no destination. Convenience, but no ease.

  Howard Mansfield

  Religious, Memories, Cities

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• Scientists and religious leaders, activists and first nation leaders, CEOs of corporations and actors, all of us need to come together right now, because the planet is in a lot of pain.

  Ellen Page

  Religious, Pain, Leader

  "Ellen Page’s Greenest Day". Interview with Maddie Oatman, www.motherjones.com. September 11, 2010.

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• We brought the religious leaders and the secular development workers together in one room. We asked the religious leaders what are your reservations about development workers? And we asked the development workers, what are your reservations about religious leaders? It turns out that most of the problems are not really problems at all, but rather misunderstandings, misconceptions, and mis-communications.

  Abul Kalam Azad

  Religious, Communication, Leader

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• This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us to go to work in our communities and our states, in our homes and in our hearts, to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country. So tonight I urge every public official, every religious leader, every business and professional man, every working man, every housewife - I urge every American - to join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people, and to bring peace to our land.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Inspiring, Country, Religious

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• The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious leaders from this faith have tried to respond negatively to sexual education and to the promotion of condom use

  Emma Thompson

  Education, Religious, Condom Use

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• If the religious leaders have influence, they will not permit girls and boys to wrestle together, as recently happened in Shiraz.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Girl, Religious, Boys

  Ruhollah Khomeini's speech on the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, World Service, October 26, 1964.

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• Religion that is imposed upon its recipients turns out to engender either indifference or resentment. Most American religious leaders have recognized that persuasion is far more powerful than coercion when it comes to promoting one's religious views. . . . Not surprisingly, then, large numbers of religious leaders have supported the Supreme Court in its prayer decisions.

  William F. Schulz

  Religious, Prayer, Powerful

  William F. Schulz (1992). “Finding time & other delicacies”

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• I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.

  Dar Williams

  Religious, Leader, Parent

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• If only religious leaders could be trusted, then maybe there wouldn't be so many problems. They have perverted any truth that the Bible may have.

  Ryan Hofmeister

  Religious, Leader, May

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• Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do.

  Jodi Picoult

  Dream, Religious, Children

  "A conversation with Jodi about Sing You Home". www.jodipicoult.com.

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