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Abortion is the insurance against that fate worse than death which is called a family.

Peter Kreeft

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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
Philosopher
Professor
Theologian
Writer
Paterson
New Jersey
Peter John Kreeft
Death
Insurance
Abortion
Worse
Fate
Called
Family

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Indifference is more truly the opposite of love than hate is, for we can both love and hate the same person at the same time, but we cannot both love and be indifferent to the same person at the same time.
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If you want to get wet, go out to where it is raining If you want to be a saint, find one and hang out with him.
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