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But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and… — Rowan Atkinson
It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of… — Jane Austen
If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance… — Teresa of Avila
I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of my life, really,… — Michele Bachmann
We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly is not the… — Michele Bachmann
I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state. — Michael Badnarik
I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large - especially this world,… — Julianna Baggott
A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather… — Russell Baker
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a… — Mikhail Bakunin
I was married awfully young and I felt trapped. My wife had been divorced and all the time we were married we were out of… — Don Adams
See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious. — Charles Barkley
In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians. — Karl Barth
America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only because families are disintegrating but… — Gary Bauer
I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as… — Glenn Beck
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. — Henry Ward Beecher
A church debt is the devil's salary. — Henry Ward Beecher
Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed… — Pope Benedict XVI
Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. — Pope Benedict XVI
The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable… — Pope Benedict XVI
Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics. — Pope Benedict XVI

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