“Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics
And the Catholics hate the Protestants,
And the Hindus hate the Moslems,
And everybody hates the Jews.”

—  Tom Lehrer

"National Brotherhood Week"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)

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