R.J. Rushdoony Quotes
But integration and equality are myths; they disguise a new segregation and a new equality...Every social order institutes its own program of separation or segregation. A particular faith and morality is given privileged status and all else is separated for progressive elimination.
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There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
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If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
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I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
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His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was always in the right.
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
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There are a few dogmas and double standards and really regrettable exports from philosophy that have confounded the thinking of scientists on the subject of morality.
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I had lost faith in biography.
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Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.
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In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
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The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.
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In 1998, I self-published online in order to get a traditional deal.
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It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country.
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I don't order laws, I propose them.
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I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
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The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.
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Morality is neither rational nor absolute nor natural. World has known many moral systems, each of which advances claims universality; all moral systems are therefore particular, serving a specific purpose for their propagators or creators, and enforcing a certain regime that disciplines human beings for social life by narrowing our perspectives and limiting our horizons.
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How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable.
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Good taste cannot supply the place of genius in literature, for the best proof of taste, when there is no genius, would be, not to write at all.
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But integration and equality are myths; they disguise a new segregation and a new equality...Every social order institutes its own program of separation or segregation. A particular faith and morality is given privileged status and all else is separated for progressive elimination.
