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Those are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist. The taking away of God, though but even in thought, dissolves all.

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John Locke
Age: 72 †
Born: 1632
Born: August 29
Died: 1704
Died: October 28
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