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I do not think that religion is the most important element. We are…

Quote byAlbert Einstein · 1879–1955

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Viereck interview (1929), In response to a question about whether religion is the tie holding the Jews together..

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I do not think that religion is the most important element. We are held together rather by a body of tradition, handed down from father to son, which the child imbibes with his mother's milk. The atmosphere of our infancy predetermines our idiosyncrasies and predilections.

— Albert Einstein

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