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If a state, or nation, has laws it will not enforce for political reasons, it mocks both the law and politics, to say nothing of the cultural order.

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Cal Thomas
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 2
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John Calvin Thomas
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But prosperity without a soul is like a corpse whose heart has stopped beating. There is no life, only consumption.
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Once a federal law or policy is in place it is more difficult to kill than a vampire.
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People, like water, will run downhill, seeking their lowest level unless something interdicts them.
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In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.
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As with most things governmental, failure does not mean having to try something else. It means spending more money.
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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
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People for the American Way says it has yet to find anyone who has made a stronger case against the proposed school prayer Constitutional amendment... What kind of prayer would we use?
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Politicians have limited power. They can't impose morality on themselves. How can they impose it on the country?
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If we want to produce people who share the values of a democratic culture, they must be taught those values and not be left to acquire them by chance.
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Radical Islamists are serious about killing in pursuit of their extreme objectives. Releasing their soldiers can only embolden them to take more Americans hostage. The deal for Sgt. Bergdahl may well turn out to have been a bargain with the devil.
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So, my fellow Christians, protest this film if you like, but then how about devoting some energy to fill the vacuum created by your retreat from popular culture.
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Asking politicians to give up a source of money is like asking Dracula to forsake blood.
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The worst thing the federal government could do is to increase the size, reach and cost of government. If government failed in its response to the hurricane, the answer is not more inefficient government.
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The brutality of communism was quickly swept under history's rug, in large part because so many on the left had embraced it as the solution to humankind's problems.
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