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Quote by Jonathan Swift
I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. – Jonathan Swift

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Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. – Jonathan Swift

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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – Jonathan Swift

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