Quote#God & Faith
Too mutch religion iz wuss than none at all. Yu kant sho me a kuntry…
Quote byJosh Billings · 1818–1885
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Josh Billings: His Works, Complete (1873).
English (original)
Too mutch religion iz wuss than none at all. Yu kant sho me a kuntry that haz existed yet, whare the people, all ov them, professed one religion and persekuted all other kinds, but what the religion ruined the country.
— Josh Billings
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