Shots From The Skirmishing…

Hamlin: Roman Catholicism has a belter chance of achieving its aim of world domination.

Voice: What—Irishmen?

Hamlin: In spite of Irishmen.

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Hamlin: The Vatican is a totalitarian state.

Voice: So's Heaven.

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Cossham: Make a child a Catholic till he's seven, and he'll be a Catholic for life … the doctrine is so ground Into him.

Voice: What about Henry the Eighth?

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O'Regan: The Church's Influence is solely In faith and morals.

Voice: And that covers a multitude of sins.

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O'Regan: The liberality of the Church is shown in its changes throughout history …

Voice: I thought it was eternal.

O'Regan: The doctrine is eternal, not the practice.

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Dean: For two thousand years the Church has been an organisation for leading men to salvation.

Voice: And you're still having a riot!

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Dean: I studied theology for five years.

Voice (sympathetically): Never mind.

Dean: … and I had to come here tonight to learn all about it.

Same Voice: Weren't you a very good student?

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O'Brien: It reminds me of the story about the Irishman coming out of a brothel. He said …

Voice: Me Name's O'Brien.

O'Brien: My only comment on that is that I'M very glad you're name is not O'Brien.

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Cleary: The-Catholic Church does not believe in coercion.

Voice: What about the Inquisition?

Cleary: That was only a method of preventing ignorant people from falling into error.

Voice: Oh yes, torture, thumbscrews…

Cleary; The only way ignorant peasants could be made to understand was by pain.

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Treahy: Is man here just for himself? No! He is on earth to prove he is worthy of immortality with God!

Voice: Isn't that living for himself?