I know of no crime that has not been defended by the church, in one fo…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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I know of no crime that has not been defended by the church, in one form or other. The church is not a pioneer; it accepts a new truth, last of all, and only when denial has become useless. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.2699, Library of Alexandria
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I know of no crime that has not been defended by the church, in one form or other. The church is not a pioneer; it accepts a new truth, last of all, and only when denial has become useless. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.2699, Library of Alexandria

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