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  • The Bill of Rights decoupled religion from the state, in part because so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind - each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Carl Sagan Quotes , Rights Quotes , Mind Quotes
  • We must bear in mind, then, that there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt to introduce a new order of things in any state. For the innovator has for enemies all those who derived advantages from the old order of things, whilst those who expect to be benefited by the new institutions will be but lukewarm defenders.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Order Quotes , Mind Quotes