Anne Royall Quotes
“Get two-thirds of the states to alter the Constitution; come out with their national religion, and then let the people get their throats ready.”

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The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.
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I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even to the deeply religious - that religious fanaticism is an extremely dangerous deranger of otherwise sane and goodhearted people.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.
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No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
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There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion.
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I believe that your religion should be between you and whoever your belief is in.
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I do not belong to any religion. Everything is between God and myself.
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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 other is mere business.
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You're always going to have extremists in every religion.
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I personally believe that our planet would be absolutely fine without religion, and I also feel we are evolving in that direction.
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I have been a firm believer in the federal structure of our country as enshrined in the Constitution.
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I hold that religion and faith are two different things.
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The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.
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I have tremendous respect for teens who navigate the quagmire that is modern religion. If there is any message in my books, I want it to be that it's okay to ask questions, and it's okay to come up with a belief system all your own. Teens who change their worldviews in the face of tremendous social pressure are heroes to me.
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Of the powers conferred upon the General Government by the Constitution of the United States much the most important are those given to the legislative body.
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Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
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A woman once said to me, 'Any religion that is to be any good to one must be one they make for themselves,' - and it is so. She, curiously, was a clergyman's wife.
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Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
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So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than others.
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Zionist Israel's occupation of Arab Palestine has forced the Arab world to waste billions of precious dollars on armaments, making it impossible for these newly independent Arab nations to concentrate on strengthening the economies of their countries and elevate the living standard of their people.
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When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.
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“Get two-thirds of the states to alter the Constitution; come out with their national religion, and then let the people get their throats ready.”