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Priests Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in…
- I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives... But this does not satisfy the priesthood. They must have a positive, a…
- My opinion is that there would never have been an infidel, if there had never been a priest. The artificial structures they have built on…
- Are we to have a censor whose imprimatur shall say what books may be sold, and what we may buy? And who is thus to…
- ... I am not afraid of priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying and slandering. I…
- The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings,…
- It is comfortable to see the standard of reason at length erected, after so many ages, during which the human mind has been held in…
- The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation, is ever more dangerous. Jesus had to work on the perilous confines of reason and…
- In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses…
- Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man…
- History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their…
More Priests Quotes
- Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use,… — Rowan Atkinson
- No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. — Henry Adams
- There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. — Charles Baudelaire
- The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things. — Charles Baudelaire
- I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you… — Jean Baudrillard
- If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop. — Glenn Beck
- Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord. — Pope Benedict XVI
- For me, it's a great joy to be together with priests: in the end, the bishop of Rome is the bishop and… — Pope Benedict XVI
- A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend - and he's a priest. — Erma Bombeck
- Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one… — Samuel Butler
- While we are under the tyranny of Priests, it will ever be their interest, to invalidate the law of nature and reason,… — Ethan Allen
- Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed.… — Leonard Cohen