The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality. (Alexis de Tocqueville)

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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