Religion was best understood when least talked of.

 

Religion was best understood when least talked of.
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Speech in the House of Commons (7 February 1773), quoted in Lord John Russell (ed.), Memorials and Correspondence of Charles James Fox. Volume I (London: Richard Bentley, 1853), p. 71.

 

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