The Roads to Modernity Quotes

“The separation of church and state, however interpreted, did not signify the separation of church and society.”
― Gertrude Himmelfarb, The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments

“To look upon religion as the ultimate source of morality, and hence of a good society and a sound policy, is not demeaning to religion. On the contrary, it pays religion—and God—the great tribute of being essential to the welfare of mankind. And it does credit to man as well, who is deemed capable of subordinating his lower nature to his higher, of venerating and giving obeisance to something above himself.”
― Gertrude Himmelfarb, The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments