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Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is a

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. – Thomas Paine

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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in principle is always a vice. – Thomas Paine

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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. – Thomas Paine

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But lets just say, Im Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist. – Liam Neeson

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Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life. – Paul Tillich

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