American - Philosopher | September 9, 1933 - February 17, 2017
Jews do not have to be Christians. Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism, but too utopian, too hopeful, too unrealistic a turn.
Michael Novak
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Christians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant.
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In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny.
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You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic.
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If you've ever been in a position in your life where you just can't take any more, you just have to get through the next second, and the next second after that.
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Practically every movie that shows the pope or even a bishop as a character, and in much of western literature of the last 300 or 400 years, these are portrayed as awful figures.
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