Eastern Bloc - Religion

Religion

Under the state atheism of many Eastern Bloc nations, religion was actively suppressed.

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Famous quotes containing the word religion:

    “... religion can only change when the emotions which fill it are changed; and the religion of personal fear remains nearly at the level of the savage.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    “In the religion of all nations a purity is hinted at, which, I fear, men never attain to.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one’s soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.”
    —Josephine Baker (1906–1975)