"Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done." ― Edward Bond Topic(s): Religion More From Edward Bond "Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society." "All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It’s called competition. And competition is antagonism." "The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama." More In Religion "True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion."― Henry Cabot Lodge "The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state religion It is an atheist, nihilistic religion – but it is a religion that is obligatory for all."― Rocco Buttiglione "Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome."― Benjamin Whichcote