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Full Idea
The truly great haters in world history have always been priests.
Gist of Idea
The truly great haters in world history have always been priests
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (On the Genealogy of Morals [1887], I.§07)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'On the Genealogy of Morals/ Ecce Homo', ed/tr. Kaufmann,Walter [Vintage 1969], p.33
A Reaction
Wicked, but it has a lot of truth. Priests have a lot to defend, and a lot of reasons for feeling threatened.