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Violence begins with the fork.

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If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has not...more

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God has no religion.

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There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

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To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute tha...more

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My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a given question, but to be consistent with truth as it may present itself to me at a gi...more

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I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality

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It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The...more

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To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect and their oneness, and should insist upon choosing as their rep...more

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I hold that it is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others'religions a...more

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Three-fourths of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world will disappear if we step into the shoes of our adversaries and understand their stan...more

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To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute tha...more

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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than ...more

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I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I s...more

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Hate the sin, love the sinner.