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They had rather domineer in a parish of atheists than rule over a Christian world.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They had rather domineer in a parish of atheists than rule over a Christian world.”
Editor's note · Context
This quote illustrates the disdain some revolutionaries had for traditional religious authority.
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