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History has never been dominated by majorities, but only by dedicated minorities who stand unconditionally on their faith.
R.J. Rushdoony
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The state is a bankrupt institution. The only alternative to this bankrupt 'humanistic' system is a God-centered government.
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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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Segregation or separation is thus a basic principle of Biblical Law with respect to religion and morality. Every attempt to destroy this principle is an effort to reduce society to its lowest common denominator.
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The University of Timbuktu never existed. The only thing that existed in Timbuktu was a small mud hut.
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Our basic problem today is that we have two religions in conflict, humanism and Christianity, each with its own morality and the laws of that morality.
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Democracy is the great love of the failures and cowards of life.
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Few things are more commonly misunderstood than the nature and meaning of theocracy. It is commonly assumed to be a dictatorial rule by self-appointed men who claim to rule for God. In reality, theocracy in Biblical law is the closest thing to a radical libertarianism that can be had.
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God in His law requires the death penalty for homosexuals.
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The matriarchal society is thus the decadent and broken. The strongly matriarchal character of Negro life is due to the moral failure of Negro men, their failure to be responsible, to support the family, or to provide authority. The same is true of American Indian tribes which are also matriarchal today.
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There can be no tolerance in a law-system for another religion. Toleration is a device used to introduce a new law-system as a prelude to a new intolerance... Every law-system must maintain its existence by hostility to every other law-system and to alien religious foundations or else it commits suicide
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Do we need more laws? God forbid! We need more righteousness, more freedom, and more godly men -- and fewer laws.
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The result of becoming tolerant towards sin is that we become intolerant towards God and His Word.
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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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