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Richard M. Nixon

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Richard M. Nixon

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Nixon suggests that while religion might eventually help people become less violent, past events show little evidence of this happening. He points out that many of the deadliest wars were fought because of religious reasons, indicating that religion has often caused conflict instead of peace.

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