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• But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish religio
  before his principles were departed from by those who professed to be his special servants, and perverted into an engine for enslaving mankind, and aggrandizing t heir oppressors in Church and State....
• The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice.
  On the contrary, it is the fountainhead and origin of many evils. -- Leo XIII (1810-1903)...
• The highest duty is to respect authority. -- Leo XIII (1810-1903)
• Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
  -- Carl Saga...
• A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
  -- The Constitution of the United States of America Amendment 2, 1791...
• Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
  -- Malcom Muggeridge (1903- ) N.Y. Times Magazine 24 March 1968...
• State: A state is a situation which can be recognized if it occurs again.
• MAYONNAISE, n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• You may be redneck... if you've ever been banished from a bowling alley.