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Robert G. Ingersoll - Thousands of "saints” have been...

Thousands of "saints” have been the most malicious of the human race. If the history of the world proves anything, it proves that the Catholic Church was for many centuries the most merciless institution that ever existed among men. (Robert G. Ingersoll)

Thousands of "saints” have been the most malicious of the human race. If the history of the world proves anything, it proves that the Catholic Church was for many centuries the most merciless institution that ever existed among men.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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