What is blasphemy in one country would be a religious exhortation in another. It is owing to where you are and who is in authority. (Robert G. Ingersoll)

What is blasphemy in one country would be a religious exhortation in another. It is owing to where you are and who is in authority.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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