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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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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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Christopher Dawson
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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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Women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently. – Scott Adams

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Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion. – Christopher Lasch

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A Galileo could no more be elected president of the United States than he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both high posts are reserved for men favored by God with an extraordinary genius for swathing the bitter facts of life in bandages of self-illusion. – H.L. Mencken

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We have to challenge the whole idea that its acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and dont have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives. – Iain Duncan Smith

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I like being a woman, even in a mans world. After all, men cant wear dresses, but we can wear the pants. – Whitney Houston

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Opinions are made to be changed – or how is truth to be got at? – Lord Byron

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