Famous quotes containing the words religious and/or institution:
“Each religious sect has its own physiognomy. The Methodists have acquired a face; the Quakers, a face; the nuns, a face. An Englishman will pick out a dissenter by his manners.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.”
—Paul Johnson (b. 1928)