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“The church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously. And each would have been horrified to think it was a different facet of the same thing. But surely they were both intended to accomplish the same thing: the singing, the...” John Steinbeck, East of Eden
“The world is perishing for lack of the knowledge of God and the Church is famishing for want of His Presence.” A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God
“In England, and in all Roman catholic countries, the lottery of the church is in reality much more advantageous than is necessary.” Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
“School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.” Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book
“There were churches in that part of Ohio where treason was preached regularly, and where, to secure membership, hostility to the government, to the war and to the liberation of the slaves, was far more essential than a belief in the authenticity...” Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
“Imagine all contradictions, all possible incompatibilities—you will find them in the government, in the law-courts, in the churches, in the public shows of this droll nation.” Voltaire, Candide

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