...the common sense of Christendom has always prescribed for national policy principles diametrically opposed to those that are laid down in the Sermon on the Mount. (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

...the common sense of Christendom has always prescribed for national policy principles diametrically opposed to those that are laid down in the Sermon on the Mount.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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