"The most powerful moral influence is example."
"A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that its citizens actually believe in God whereas all it really proves is that they believe in "believing" in God"
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Source: Huston Smith (1959). “The Religions of Man”
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