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A Second Chance on Earth is a heartfelt journey that had me hooked from start to finish. The way the author weaves faith, love, and resilience into the narrative feels deeply personal yet relatable. In a refreshing poetic prose style, Vidal shows us
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“Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it’s realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy.”
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“The idea that the State is capable of solving social problems is now viewed with great skepticism - which foretells a coming change.
As soon as skepticism is applied to the State, the State falls, since it fails at everything except increasing its power, and so can only survive on propaganda, which relies on unquestioning faith.”
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As soon as skepticism is applied to the State, the State falls, since it fails at everything except increasing its power, and so can only survive on propaganda, which relies on unquestioning faith.”
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“Anybody who tries to change society without examining the family is trying to push a shadow without moving a statue.”
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“What sense would it make to classify a man as handicapped because he is in a wheelchair today, if he is expected to be walking again in a month, and competing in track meets before the year is out? Yet Americans are generally given 'class' labels on the basis of their transient location in the income stream. If most Americans do not stay in the same broad income bracket for even a decade, their repeatedly changing 'class' makes class itself a nebulous concept. Yet the intelligentsia are habituated, if not addicted, to seeing the world in class terms.”
― The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
― The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
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