09-18-2009, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: 30609 40th Ave E Graham WA.,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: classic roadsters 347 stroker
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"What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the ruins of the civil authority; on many instances they have been seen upholding the thrones of political tyranny; in no instance have they been the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wish to subvert the public liberty may have found an established clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate it, needs them not."
James Madison
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