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" Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal. "
Michael Novak
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" Atheists in our midst are proof that all consciences can be accommodated here, even those that have no ground for holding that conscience is sacred, inalienable, and prior to civil society. "
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" To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia. "
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" Jews do not have to be Christians. Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism, but too utopian, too hopeful, too unrealistic a turn. "
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" Even rock stars are entitled to privacy. "
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" Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. "
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" Christians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant. "
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" We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord. "
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" Not all of those who cry 'The poor, the poor!' will enter the kingdom of heaven. "
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" The Lord God, the creator of Judaism and the God of Judaism and Christianity, empowered our minds and gave us the ability to question. "
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