Quote - Baron D’Holbach

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If we go back to the beginning we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods, that fancy enthusiasm or deceit adorned them, that weakness worships them, that credulity preserves them, and that custom respect and tyranny support them in order to make the blindness of men serve their own interests.

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ceifero 1 year ago
Thanks so much for putting this one up. It's a good reminder for people across the poltico-moral spectrum.
asioxcore 5 years, 9 months ago
This is great! I can get a sense of who disliked this quote... the weak.

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