[Whenever the average intellect of the clergy declines in the balance with the average intellect of the people] the churches will be shut up and a new order of things [will] begin. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Churches were shut down and Stanislaw’s father and three uncles had been sent to prison camps for speaking out.” — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
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