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Jean-Pierre Lehmann Quotes

1945–2017 Switzerland

Jean-Pierre Lehmann (29 August 1945 – 21 December 2017) was a Swiss economist.

Switzerland
Economists

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The great pre-Christian civilizations of Greece and Rome had no religious wars and had a far healthier view of their frolicking gods and goddesses than the intolerant monotheistic Christianity that later came to dominate Europe.

The planet also needs an alternative geopolitical force to the American Christian Fundamentalist brand of hegemonic thinking that the Bush Administration has generated - and that is not likely to evaporate even after his departure from office.

It was in a recent conversation with an Indian religious guru that I was also pleased to discover I could adhere to his religious tenets, while maintaining my secular convictions. No imam or priest would allow me that."

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jean-Pierre Lehmann (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.