Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims. (Morris Raphael Cohen)

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims.

Morris Raphael Cohen

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