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History has never been dominated by majorities, but only by dedicated minorities who stand unconditionally on their faith.

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Man lives in time but his life transcends time.
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The Lord supplies our needs, but not our selfishness
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Democracy is the great love of the failures and cowards of life.
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But integration and equality are myths they disguise a new segregation and a new equality...Every social order institutes its own program of separation or segregation. A particular faith and morality is given privileged status and all else is separated for progressive elimination.
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All religions segregate also...every religion asserts an order of truth and every other order is regarded as a lie.
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