A Quote by Charles Chilton Moore
From that day to this that religion has been the greatest curse that ever afflicted the earth.
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For the curse of Cain, the curse of being an outcast and a wanderer over the face of the earth has been removed.
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Democracy and religion stand or fall together. Where democracy has been destroyed, religion has been doomed. Where religion has been trampled down, democracy has ceased to exist.... Tyrants have come and have had their day and then have passed while religion has survived them all.
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