Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

To come under siege was the inevitable fate of power.

The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it.

Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence.

Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.

Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.