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Wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism.

Wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism.

Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Wealth, Altars
"La Follette Fights for Higher War Tax". New York Times, August 22, 1917.

The altar of liberty totters when it is cemented only with blood

Daniel O'Connell
Blood, Liberty, Altars
Daniel O'Connell (1906). “Daniel O'Connell: His Early Life, and Journal, 1795 to 1802”

We will not, on the altar of money, mortgage our conscience, mortgage our faith, mortgage our salvation.

Peter Akinola
Mortgage, Salvation, Altars
"African Anglicans Shun US Money Over Gay Policies". www.csmonitor.com. April 19, 2004.

Stillness is the altar of spirit.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Spirit, Altars, Stillness

Don't sacrifice the permanent on the altar of the immediate.

Bob Jones, Sr.
Sacrifice, Altars, Permanent

Peace is the altar of God, the condition in which happiness exists.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Peace, Peacefulness, Altars

My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.

Iris Apfel
Mother, Accessories, Altars
"'Iris': New York Review" by David Rooney, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 5, 2014.

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.

Joseph de Maistre
Civilization, Found, Altars
Joseph de Maistre (2017). “The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment”, p.257, Routledge

The word 'cause' is an altar to an unknown god.

William James
Causes, Altars

God calls us first... not to a platform, but to an altar!

J. D. Greear
Firsts, Platforms, Altars

Like most girls, her imagination carried her just as far as the altar and no further.

Margaret Mitchell
Girl, Imagination, Altars
Margaret Mitchell (2016). “Gone With The Wind: American Literature”, p.97, 谷月社

My attitude of love must not be sacrificed on the altar of activity.

Lysa TerKeurst
Attitude, Activity, Altars
Twitter post from Mar 02, 2016

All our scientific and philosophic ideals are altars to unknown gods.

William James
Philosophic, Ideals, Altars
The Dilemma of Determinism" (1884)

You can't find God before an altar if that is the only place you look for him.

A. Powell Davies
Looks, Altars, Ifs

My altars are the mountains and the ocean.

Lord Byron
Ocean, Mountain, Altars
Lord Byron (2013). “Don Juan”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

I have never worshipped at the altar of free trade, but I've always been an advocate of free trade.

John Kasich
Trade, Free Trade, Altars
Source: uk.businessinsider.com

Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar.

George Herbert
Church, Altars, Conscience
George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.347

The Devil is not afraid to sit on an altar.

Austin O'Malley
Devil, Not Afraid, Altars

I thought religion would eventually wither away and we'd all be worshiping at the altar of science.

A. J. Jacobs
Altars
Interview with Jason Albert, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2007.

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