| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 41408 |
| QUOTATION: | It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Cardinal John Henry Newman (18011890), British churchman, theologian. sermon, Dec. 11, 1831, Oxford, England. The Usurpation of Reason, Oxford University Sermons (1843). |
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