mapsedge: (eyebrows up)
mapsedge ([personal profile] mapsedge) wrote2006-11-14 11:22 am

Quote for the day

Michelle pointed this out to me, and I just have to share.

...a man compounded of law and gospel, is able to cheat a whole country with his religion, and then destroy them under color of law: and here the clergy are in great danger of being deceived, and the people of being deceived by the clergy, until the monster arrives to such power and wealth, that he is out of reach of both, and can oppress the people without their own blind assistance.

Silence Dogood* #9, July 23, 1722


* Benjamin Franklin at age 16, for those who were wondering.

[identity profile] rowangolightly.livejournal.com 2006-11-14 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
He was one smart fella, old Ben, even when he was young!

[identity profile] starwyse.livejournal.com 2006-11-14 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Religion and state; always was a bad idea.