[priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals.
David Hume (1875). “Essays Moral, Political, and Literary”, p.146
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[priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals.