“Only the Catholic Church protested against the Hitlerian onslaught on liberty. Up till then I had not been interested in the Church, but today I feel a great admiration for the Church, which alone has had the courage to struggle for spiritual truth and moral liberty”
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No reliable primary or scholarly source confirms this exact wording as Albert Einstein's. It is widely circulated under his name and is listed as commonly attributed.
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This wording, beginning "Only the Catholic Church protested against the Hitlerian onslaught on…," circulates under Einstein's name and focuses on catholic, church, protested. No strong source for the exact text was found, so the page presents it as commonly attributed while still explaining its practical connection to honesty and spirituality.
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