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Short attributable quotes from authors, theologians, historians, and public figures. Each entry carries an attribution and optional source field.

On Religion (Part 2)

“Why do born-again people so often make you wish they’d never been born the first time?” ——Katherine Whitehorn, British Journalist, The Observer, May 20, 1979 “If it weren’t for Christians, I’d be a Christian.” ——Mahatma Gandhi “I would have met…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Oct 8, 2008
Reading Time: 15 Minutes 

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On Religion (Part 1)

“A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.” ——Martin Luther “Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion—several of them. He is…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Oct 8, 2008
Reading Time: 12 Minutes 

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On The Control of Media

“A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.” ——Joseph Pulitzer “You can’t believe a word the American media says. If they say anything correct, it’s just an accident.” ——Paul Craig Roberts “The ‘Western…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Aug 2, 2008
Reading Time: 15 Minutes 

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On Deception

“Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?” ——Benjamin Franklin “Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information, and religions destroy spirituality.” ——Michael Ellner…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Aug 1, 2008
Reading Time: 2 Minutes 

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On Nationalism and Patriotism (Part 2)

“A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and a common fear of its neighbors.” ——W. R. Inge “My kind of loyalty was to one’s country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Jul 20, 2008
Reading Time: 8 Minutes 

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On Nationalism and Patriotism (Part 1)

“Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone and as irrational as a headless hen.” ——Ambrose Bierce “Patriotism is a religion, the egg from which wars are hatched.” ——Guy de Maupassant “Patriotism is a…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Jul 20, 2008
Reading Time: 8 Minutes 

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On Truth (Part 2)

“The continued utterance of a lie does not make it true, but it does convince many that it is, particularly if you can squelch most efforts to expose the lie.” ——Shapley R. Hunter “Make the lie big, make it simple,…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Jul 12, 2008
Reading Time: 16 Minutes 

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On Truth (Part 1)

“If we all fell through one man’s sin (Adam), we will all be saved by a Greater Man’s (Jesus) righteousness.” ——Gary Amirault (Romans 5:18, 1 Corinthians 15:22) “Whoever the Son of God (Jesus Christ) sets free is free indeed!” ——Jesus…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Jul 12, 2008
Reading Time: 15 Minutes 

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On The Great American Sin

“The USA these days seems more bent on making widows, orphans and strangers worldwide than following Christ’s commission to care for the world’s widows, orphans and strangers.” ——Gary Amirault (Jan. 14, 2009) “… the United States, for generations, has sustained…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: May 23, 2008
Reading Time: 3 Minutes 

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On The Dumbing Down of America

“With numbing regularity good people were seen to knuckle under the demands of authority and perform actions that were callous and severe. Men who are in everyday life responsible and decent were seduced by the trappings of authority, by the…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: May 22, 2008
Reading Time: 3 Minutes 

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On Democracy

“Democracy don’t rule the world,You’d better get that in your head;This world is ruled by violence,But I guess that’s better left unsaid.” ——Bob Dylan “In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: May 20, 2008
Reading Time: 2 Minutes 

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On Paul’s Epistle To The World (Romans 1-8)

Paul, the apostle to the nations letter to Rome contains some of the most profound words ever written. Eugene Peterson, in his New Testament Paraphrased brings those ancient words into twenty-first century crispness like few translations have. A careful study…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: May 20, 2008
Reading Time: 41 Minutes 

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On Paul’s Epistle To The World (Romans 9-16)

Paul, the apostle to the nations letter to Rome contains some of the most profound words ever written. Eugene Peterson, in his New Testament Paraphrased brings those ancient words into twenty-first century crispness like few translations have. A careful study…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: May 20, 2008
Reading Time: 35 Minutes 

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On Power

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ——Abraham Lincoln “After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: May 20, 2008
Reading Time: 7 Minutes 

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