Churches are becoming political organizations … It probably will not be long until the churches will divide as sharply upon political, as upon theological questions; and when that day comes, if there are not liberals enough to hold the balance of power, this Government will be destroyed.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator

Some Mistakes of Moses, Sec. 3 “The Politicians” (1879)
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