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Great dislike to the Bible was shown by those who conversed with me about it, and several have remarked to me, at different times, that if it were not for that book, Catholics would never be led to renounce their own faith. ↗

— Maria Monk

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I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my utter astonishment and horror, was to live in the practice of criminal intercourse with them. ↗

— Maria Monk

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So far as I know, there were no pains taken to preserve secrecy on this subject; that is, I saw no attempt made to keep any of the inmates of the Convent in ignorance of the murder of children. ↗

— Maria Monk

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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Some of the priests from the Seminary were in the nunnery every day and night, and often several at a time. ↗

— Maria Monk

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What orators lack in depth they make up for in length. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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I never though much about race. ↗

— Thelonious Monk

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My trade and art is to live. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. ↗

— James Monroe

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If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy. ↗

— James Monroe

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