Quote by Christopher Dawson
Law describes the way things would work if men were angels. - Chri

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels. – Christopher Dawson

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Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces. – Christopher Dawson

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Society
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As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism. – Christopher Dawson

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Religion
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The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms. – Christopher Dawson

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Knowledge
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If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isnt it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long? – Gloria Steinem

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Men

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. – Immanuel Kant

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Men

If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married. – Katharine Hepburn

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Men

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. – Thomas Jefferson

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Men

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In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education. – James Payn

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Dreams are todays answers to tomorrows questions. – Edgar Cayce

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I was at the vice presidents Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional and difficult thing for him to do, but I admonished him for not waiting just one more stinking day. – Bradley Whitford

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The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do. – Horace

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