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Religion Quotes by Samuel Adams
- Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil…
- In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practiced, and…
- Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.
- I cannot however help repeating Piety, because I think it indispensible. Religion in a Family is at once its brightest Ornament & its best Security.
- [T]he importance of piety and religion; of industry and frugality; of prudence, economy, regularity and an even government; all . . . are essential to…
- And if we now cast our eyes over the nations of the earth, we shall find that, instead of possessing the pure religion of the…
- It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and…
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- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi