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“It is essential to realize that the Christian community in the past was not a pious ideal, but a juridical fact which underlay the social organization of Western culture.”
― Understanding Europe
― Understanding Europe
“What this brings out is that modern politics cannot be a matter of genuine moral consensus. And it is not. Modern politics is civil war carried on by other means,”
― After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory
― After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory
“The exercise of the virtues is itself a crucial component of the good life for man”
― After Virtue
― After Virtue
“It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.”
― Landscape of the Body
― Landscape of the Body
“Democracy bases its appeal on the sacredness of the People – the consecration of Folk; socialism on the sacredness of Labor – the consecration of Work; and nationalism on the sacredness of the Fatherland – the consecration of Place. These concepts still arouse transcendent religious values or sanctions. It is religious emotion divorced from religious belief.”
― Dynamics Of World History
― Dynamics Of World History
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