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Quote by Thomas Paine
Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is t

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. – Thomas Paine

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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. – Thomas Paine

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Fear
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Thomas Paine
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. – Thomas Paine

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Independence Day
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Thomas Paine
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Religion
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Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. – Azar Nafisi

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Religion

Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. – William Blake

Category:
Religion

Ones own religion is after all a matter between oneself and ones Maker and no one elses. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Religion

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. – Alfred North Whitehead

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Religion

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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Im not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor. – Anjelica Huston

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