| 2840 | The whole state should pay for the worship of the gods [Aristotle] |
| 19813 | All legislators invoke God in support of extraordinary laws, because their justification is not obvious [Machiavelli] |
| 7126 | Rulers should preserve the foundations of religion, to ensure good behaviour and unity [Machiavelli] |
| 7486 | Machiavelli emancipated politics from religion [Machiavelli, by Watson] |
| 20723 | Only when working people are poor do they remain obedient to God [Calvin, by Weber] |
| 2361 | If fear of unknown powers is legal it is religion, if it is illegal it is superstition [Hobbes] |
| 19927 | State and religious law can clash, so the state must make decisions about religion [Spinoza] |
| 19973 | The clergy are essential to a monarchy, but dangerous in a republic [Montesquieu] |
| 19987 | Religion has the most influence in despotic states, and reinforces veneration for the ruler [Montesquieu] |
| 20004 | French slavery was accepted because it was the best method of religious conversion [Montesquieu] |
| 20011 | Religion can support the state when the law fails to do so [Montesquieu] |
| 19850 | By separating theological and political systems, Jesus caused divisions in the state [Rousseau] |
| 19851 | Every society has a religion as its base [Rousseau] |
| 19852 | Civil religion needs one supreme god, an afterlife, justice, and the sanctity of the social contract [Rousseau] |
| 19853 | All religions should be tolerated, if they tolerate each other, and support citizenship [Rousseau] |
| 21085 | The church has a political role, by offering a supreme power over people [Kant] |
| 19625 | The ideal is to impose a religion by force, and then live in doubt about its beliefs [Cioran] |
| 12316 | For Enlightenment philosophers, God was no longer involved in politics [Badiou] |
| 21020 | Any establishment belief system is incompatible with full respect for all citizens [Nussbaum] |
| 22266 | The case for religious liberty depends on the religion contributing to a morally good life [Sandel] |
| 21124 | Religious toleration has been institutionalised by the separation of church and state [Shorten] |
| 20620 | If minority views are accepted in debate, then religious views must be accepted [Tuckness/Wolf] |