Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Voltaire on Fundamentalism



If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism; if there were two, they would be at each others' throats; but there are thirty and they live in peace and happiness.

2 Comments:

Blogger Notobamasfool said...

Wasn't Voltaire speaking of an England in which the Church of England was the established church, subsidized by the taxpayers?

9:16 PM  
Blogger Mockrates said...

I don't really see the logic behind the quote.

3:11 PM  

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