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As long as men hold charity and justice to be essential integral parts of religion, there can be little danger from a strong attachment to particular tenets in faith.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues that as long as charity and justice are valued in religion, strong attachments to specific beliefs pose little threat.
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