The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion.

In course of time religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits and thus for the time being tempered the agony of fears.

Jesus claimed He had the power to raise himself from the dead and His followers would be raised from the dead. That's a unique claim in the literature of religion.

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals including war.

Religion is never the problem it's the people who use it to gain power.

A cult is a religion with no political power.

Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.

The more powerful and original a mind the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

India is a global power and an important partner with whom we are building an intense broad and enduring relationship.