Political Quotes

“right above the Chair's head today are four words, ``In God We Trust''; and time after time in this country, we have seen in times of storm or war or illness the American people have embraced those words and believed in them very strongly. That is why 2 years ago, shortly after the release of the Ninth Circuit Court's decision that ``under God'' was to be struck from the Pledge of Allegiance, Newsweek published a poll finding 87 percent of Americans supported the inclusion of the phrase ``under God'' in the pledge. Nevertheless, the few, but articulate, supporters of the court, waving U.S. flags and calling themselves one of the last groups in America facing unrestrained bigotry, marched on the Mall to protest what they said was increasing infringement of religion in government affairs. Staging their first Godless Americans March on Washington, the demonstrators cheered and waved signs that expressed disapproval of religion. Their signs read: ``God Is a Fairy Tale,'' ``Keep Your Gods Out of Our Schools,'' and ``Al Qaeda is a Faith-Based Initiative.'' According to the New York Times, Dr. Michael Newdow touted that he planned to ``ferret out all insidious uses of religion in daily life. Why should I be made to feel like an outsider?'' he asked. Mr. Chairman, Dr. Newdow and the two judges in California were right on one thing: atheists are outsiders in America.”