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" All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. "

          - Stendhal

" The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality. "

          - Alexis de Tocqueville

" All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments. "

          - Edward O. Wilson

" Religions are the cradles of despotism. "

          - Marquis de Sade

" The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. "

          - Richard Burton

" All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will. "

          - Alexander Herzen

                  









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