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While we are under the tyranny of Priests, it will ever be their interest, to invalidate the law of nature and reason, in order to establish systems incompatible therewith.

Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.

Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society.

The priest is the personification of falsehood.

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

It is a dark, unspoken truth that the powerful - the 'ruling class' - make up the rules as they go along.

My Catholic faith is the foundation of my worldview, and my judicial duty is governed, from beginning to end, by the law.

Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the political process.

People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.