Herbert Read's Quote - I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conce

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I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conce

I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority. – Herbert Read

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These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals. – Herbert Read

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We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization. – Herbert Read

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The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. – Herbert Read

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The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent. – Ben Kingsley

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Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. – Karl Marx

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But like a born actor who only really wants to direct, Gingrich has always been unsatisfied with what hes brilliant at. He cant still his hunger to deliver grand pronouncements on life, liberalism, conservatism, religion and whatever else swims into his consciousness. – John Podhoretz

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It is fear that first brought gods into the world. – Gaius Petronius Arbiter, Satyricon

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