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Madeleine Albright

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

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Madeleine Albright is pointing out that having personal religious beliefs is different from using those beliefs to create laws or govern a country. She warns that mixing religion directly with government decisions can lead to problems that personal faith alone does not cause.

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