"It is necessary for the welfare of society……" — George Bernard Shaw
"It is necessary for the welfare of society that genius should be privileged to utter sedition, to blaspheme, to outrage good taste, to corrupt the youthful mind, and generally to scandalize one's uncles."
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George Bernard Shaw
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There are also people who say it's God's curse on me that I should have it near my throat because…
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If I lose at play, I blaspheme; if my fellow loses, he blasphemes. So, God is always the loser.
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His [Calvin's] religion was demonism. If ever man worshiped a false God, he did. The being described in his five…
— Thomas Jefferson
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For I choose to follow not men or men's doctrines, but God and the doctrines [delivered] by Him. For if…
— Justin Martyr
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Men blaspheme what they do not know.
— Blaise Pascal
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It is plain to me that our prelates in granting indulgences do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.
— John Wycliffe
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The greatest, like Rembrandt, paint a gallant, a hag, and a carcass with equal passion and rapture; they love the…
— Aleister Crowley
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Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury: how then can I blaspheme…
— Polycarp
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Whoever would like to cherish such adders and puny devils - who are the worst enemies of Christ and us…
— Martin Luther
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Eighty and six years have I served Christ, nor has He ever done me any harm. How, then, could I…
— Polycarp
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Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.
— Daniel Pipes
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To blaspheme the earth is now the most dreadful sin, and to rate the heart of the unknowable higher than…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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