Walter Kaufmann: What makes the decisive difference is not whether religion is persecuted or not, but whether religion is a pious name fo

What makes the decisive difference is not whether religion is persecuted or not, — Walter Kaufmann

What makes the decisive difference is not whether religion is persecuted or not, but whether religion is a pious name for conformity or a fighting name for non-conformity.

Walter Kaufmann

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