Passover/influence On Other Religions

Famous quotes containing the words passover, influence and/or religions:

    “And when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this observance?’ you shall say, ‘It is the passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck down the Egyptians but spared our houses.’”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 12:26-27.

    “What do women want with votes, when they hold the sceptre of influence with which they can control even votes, if they wield it aright?”
    —Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)

    “Politics at all times lead to bloody wars, and not only politics, but also religions as well as social and economic systems of all times are spattered with blood. Invariably the big ones devoured the little ones, and the little ones the tiny ones.”
    —Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)