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It is hell, of course, that makes priests powerful, not heaven, for after thousands of years of so-called civilization fear remains the one common denominator of mankind
-H. L. Mencken
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It Is Hell, Of Course, That Makes

H. L. Mencken
It is hell, of course, that makes priests powerful, not heaven, for after thousands of years of so-called civilization fear remains the one common denominator of mankind
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What you and i need to do is learn to forget our differences. when we come together, we don't come together as baptists or methodists. you don't catch hell 'cause you're a baptist, and you don't catch hell 'cause you're a methodist... you don't catch hell because you're a democrat or a republican. you don't catch hell because you're a mason or an elk. and you sure don't catch hell 'cause you're an american; 'cause if you was an american, you wouldn't catch no hell. you catch hell 'cause you're a black man. you catch hell, all of us catch hell, for the same reason.
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We fear the past, present and future. we fear the unknown, we fear not having enough, losing what we have, not having what we want. we fear what will become of us and those that we care for. we fear what others think of us and what they don't think of us. we fear, fear, fear and therefore we are controllable through the manipulation of all that we fear. the present war on terror is the war of fear. no fear, no control.
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