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In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny. ↗

— Michael Novak

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Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal. ↗

— Michael Novak

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Practically every movie that shows the pope or even a bishop as a character, and in much of western literature of the last 300 or 400 years, these are portrayed as awful figures. ↗

— Michael Novak

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The Lord God, the creator of Judaism and the God of Judaism and Christianity, empowered our minds and gave us the ability to question. ↗

— Michael Novak

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The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed. ↗

— Nelson Boswell

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Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men. ↗

— Novalis

#democracy #fact #highest #men #rights

We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible. ↗

— Novalis

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Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life. ↗

— Novalis

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To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it. ↗

— Novalis

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Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise. ↗

— Novalis

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