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“While missionaries do many noble things at great risk to themselves, their dogmatism still spreads ignorance and death.”

— Sam Harris

“It is extreme folly for any people to send thousands of missionaries out into the world to preach the Gospel to the nations, and…

— Joseph F. Smith

“Missions is not just for missionaries; God’s call is for all.”

— Ann Dunagan

“Years ago when I served as a missionary, we had a visit from Dr. James E. Talmage of the Council of the Twelve--a great…

— Harold B. Lee

I grew up taking it for granted that missionaries were what American boys grew up to be.

— Huston Smith

“The missionaries did not come to Foochow to acquire property, learn the language, or even to establish amicable relations with their Chinese neighbors. Nor,…

— Ellsworth C. Carlson

“if there’s anything missionaries do well, it’s seek out and destroy fun).”

— Christopher Moore

“In short, missionaries are scaring people into changing their behavior and abandoning their tradition. They are destroying entire cultures for the single purpose of…

— Al Stefanelli

“We rode through the night. No food offered, no water provided. They raided town after town until we finally reached the shore. There, we…

— Margeaux Laurent

“I certainly don’t like the idea of missionaries. In fact, the whole business fills me with fear and alarm. I don’t believe in God,…

— Douglas Adams

Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody.

— Jim Elliot

“Washington was concerned that the soldiers coming to him from Massachusetts were too few and of too low quality. He was disappointed that the…

— C.L. Gammon