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Liberty is not sacrificed to a zeal for religion, but a zeal for religion is pretended and assumed to destroy liberty.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Liberty is not sacrificed to a zeal for religion, but a zeal for religion is pretended and assumed to destroy liberty.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke warns against the dangers of using religious zeal as a pretext to undermine liberty.
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