Quote by Christopher Dawson
Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of commo

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 soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. – Christopher Dawson

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Men
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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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The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else. – John Madden

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The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by workers. – Adrienne Rich

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If anything needs to get fixed in society, its peoples consumption of other peoples problems. – Corey Feldman

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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself. – Emily Bronte

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Resistance is thought transformed into feeling. Change the thought that creates the resistance, and there is no more resistance. – Robert Conklin

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…proclaim liberty through all the land and unto all the inhabitants thereof… – Bible, Leviticus 25:10

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God has entrusted me with myself. – Epictetus

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