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Humans are religious by nature and atheism cannot prevail long
Drawn from what Edmund Burke said
Subjectreligion
What this subject means
religion Faith as a thing a society runs on, and what has been tried in its place.
What Edmund Burke actually said
- Edmund Burke Irish-born British statesman and political philosopher (1729 to 1797)
We know, and it is our pride to know, that man is by his constitution a religious animal; that atheism is against, not only our reason, but our instincts; and that it cannot prevail long.
Where this was said
↗Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)gutenberg.org
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