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This law was made by Utopus, not only for preserving the public…

Quote byThomas More · 1478–1535

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Utopia (1516), Ch. 9 : Of the Religions of the Utopians.

English (original)

This law was made by Utopus, not only for preserving the public peace, which he saw suffered much by daily contentions and irreconcilable heats, but because he thought the interest of religion itself required it.

— Thomas More

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