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We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies.
The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion.
True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.
When one lives in a society where people can no longer rely on the institutions to tell them the truth, the truth must come from culture and art.
The truth of the matter is that when you write about religion like I do, you're writing about something that people take very seriously.
We do spend time talking about it and we puzzle through it together. We ride the roller coasters together - the high highs and the low lows.
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.
Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.
