Quote by Flora Lewis
Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for t

Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isnt alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere. – Flora Lewis

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Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. – Flora Lewis

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Jesus claimed He had the power to raise himself from the dead and His followers would be raised from the dead. Thats a unique claim in the literature of religion. – Josh McDowell

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My theory is if you have a religion, its a good one. Because some people dont have any at all. – Tom T. Hall

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I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And thats usually what I focus on. – Don Henley

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