Quotable: Why religion is like a knife

Posted By Blake Hounshell Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 10:36 AM Share

Bill Clinton, introducing Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative, quoted Desmond Tutu thusly:

Religion is like a knife. If you use it to cut bread, it's good. If you use it to cut your neighbor's arm off, it's bad. 

EXPLORE:AFGHANISTAN, CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE, RELIGION
 
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