Jonathan Swift - I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Chri...

Jonathan Swift Zitate

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.

Jonathan Swift

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich habe nie gesehen, gehört oder gelesen, dass der Klerus in einer Nation geliebt wurde, in der das Christentum die Religion des Landes war. Nichts kann sie populär machen, aber ein gewisses Maß an Verfolgung.

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