“There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.”

The capped crusader, The Guardian, 4 October 2003, Gary, Younge http://www.guardian.co.uk/michaelmoore/story/0,,1055591,00.html,
2003

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