Protestant Christian Missionary

Famous quotes containing the words protestant, christian and/or missionary:

    “So the old flute was doomed and its fate was pathetic,
    ‘Twas fastened and burned at the stake as heretic,
    While the flames roared around it they heard a strange
    noise—
    ‘Twas the old flute still whistling ‘The Protestant Boys’.”
    —Unknown. The Old Orange Flute (l. 37–40)

    “The Republicans hardly need a party and the cumbersome cadre of low-level officials that form one; they have a bankroll as large as the Pentagon’s budget, dozens of fatted PACs, and the well-advertised support of the Christian deity.”
    —Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)

    “Why have such scores of lovely, gifted girls
    Married impossible men?
    Simple self-sacrifice may be ruled out,
    And missionary endeavour, nine times out of ten.”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)