Quote by Elizabeth I
There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, whic

There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God. – Elizabeth I

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I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom. – Elizabeth I

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My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than Englands hate neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me. – Elizabeth I

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Of all possible sexual perversions, religion is the only one to have ever been scientifically systematized. – Louis Aragon

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In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees. – Charles Eastman

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In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma that is, the sacred lore of priests and people… and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual. – William Robertson Smith

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It will be the proud boast of women that they never contributed a line to the Bible. – George W. Foote

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