"Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent."
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"But principles defended at the expense of pragmatic application is the business of priests."
"The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family."
"I swear by the mighty power of Amon-Ra, whose anger can shatter the world, and by the dread power of Set, that I will never betray my trust as High Priest of Karnak."
"The country is not priest-ridded, but press-ridden."
"How lawyers make work for one another! You're all priests, worshipping the same god. No wonder you adore one another."
"Levi's station in life was the receipt of custom; and Peter's, the shore of Galilee; and Paul's, the antechambers of the High- Priest, which "station in life" each had to leave, with brief notice."
"If a Hindu wants to find the way to God, he has the right to go to any priest, nun or any other person."
"Priests, magistrates and ladies never quite take off their gowns."