Paul Harris

Descendants of New England pioneers are proud of their ancestry and glad to proclaim the fact that so far as the United States are concerned, New England is in deed the cradle of religious liberty. ↗

— Paul Harris

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Ideas have unhinged the gates of empires. ↗

— Paul Harris

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If there ever was a militant religion, it was that of early New England. ↗

— Paul Harris

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Ignorance is a menace to peace. ↗

— Paul Harris

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In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits, and thus for the time being tempered the agony of fears. ↗

— Paul Harris

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In the cold, shivering twilight, preceding the daybreak of civilization, the dominating emotion of man was fear. ↗

— Paul Harris

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Individuals and nations owe it to themselves and the world to become informed. ↗

— Paul Harris

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It did not come naturally; in fact, it would be difficult to conceive of any more dogmatic and less tolerant people than the first settlers on New England shores. ↗

— Paul Harris

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It would not be fair to the critics of Rotary, who include some of the most brilliant of the British and American writers, to charge them with prejudice. ↗

— Paul Harris

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Many obstacles to the expansion of good will have presented themselves. ↗

— Paul Harris

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