Council Quote by Barbara G. Walker

“Men get together in pretentious councils to decide what God is, what God thinks, what God wants the rest of us to do for him, and the one thing he never fails to want is more money.” quote by Barbara G. Walker — Download Open image

“Men get together in pretentious councils to decide what God is, what God thinks, what God wants the rest of us to do for him, and the one thing he never fails to want is more money.”

Barbara G. Walker

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