Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, "What will you give me if I betray him ...to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We know what the animals do, what are the needs of the beaver, the bear, the salmon, and other creatures, because long ago men mar...ried them and acquired this knowledge from their animal wives. Today the priests say we lie, but we know better.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have never sinned, hav...e they? They are apostles, they are the descendants of priests; one can only wonder from what source they draw their indignation, and above all how much they have pocketed to do this, and in any case what it has done for them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Of all men living [priests] are our greatest enemies. If it were possible, they would extinguish the very light of nature, turn th...e world into a dungeon, and keep mankind for ever in chains and darkness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
And I saw it was filled with graves, And tomb-stones where flowers should be;... And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds, And binding with briars my joys and desires.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Wee image of my bonnie Betty, I fatherly will kiss and daut thee,... As dear an' near my heart I set thee Wi' as guid will, As a' the priests had seen me get thee That's out o' hell.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to pre...vent their becoming so.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the gentlemen would...; but I believe the gutters would simply be running with the blood of philanthropists.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will ...be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Liberalism is too often misconceived as a new set of dogmas taught by a newer and better set of priests called "liberals." Liberal...ism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas--an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives. This open eye for possible alternatives which need to be scrutinized before we can determine which is the best grounded is profoundly disconcerting to all conservatives.... Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »