On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
The inquisition in Spain does not proceed from the religion originally professed, but from this mule-animal, engendered between the church and the state.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
In "Rights of Man," this sentence attributes the atrocities of the Spanish Inquisition not to religion itself, but to the union of church and state.
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