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— Jules Ferry"Religion has always been the picklock of imperialism. Let them try to convert the heathens, and when they fail, we shall send in the French Navy to protect them and our political and commercial interests."
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If anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if he were one of the heathen.
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