The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain tha…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality. ✨ Democracy in America. Book by Alexis de Tocqueville, Volume II. Book One, Chapter V, 1840.
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The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality. ✨ Democracy in America. Book by Alexis de Tocqueville, Volume II. Book One, Chapter V, 1840.

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