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Religion Quotes by Jawaharlal Nehru
- I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
- The spectacle of what is called religion, or at any rate organised religion, in India and elsewhere, has filled me with horror and I have…
- I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. I want nothing to…
- In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed,…
- Often in history we see that religion, which was meant to raise us and make us better and nobler, has made people behave like beasts.…
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