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“Throughout our world the cry of the poor so often goes unheard. The prophets harangued Israel and Judah unceasingly about the powerless and marginalized, the overlooked widows, orphans, and "sojourners in our midst," who are still with us today as single mothers, hungry children, and helpless immigrants, wraiths invisible in our prosperous societies.”

Book:The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels

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The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels

In 'The Gifts of the Jews,' the author examines the historical and cultural contributions of the Jewish people, tracing their influence on ethics, politics, literature, and more. The book offers a comprehensive look at the ways in which Jewish thought and practices have shaped the modern world. more

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Thomas Cahill

Thomas Cahill, born in 1940, is a renowned writer known for his historical works. His books, which delve into historical stories with a unique narrative style, have won the hearts of many readers. more

“Throughout the world, half of all children go to bed hungry each night and one in seven of God's children is facing starvation. Before such statistics, believers should never forget Dostoevsky's assertion that the suffering of children is the greatest proof against the existence of God; for without justice, there is no God.”

Source: The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels

“I have no reverence for any book that teaches a doctrine contrary to my reason; no reverence for any book that teaches a doctrine contrary to my heart; and, no matter how old it is, no matter how many have believed it, no matter how many have died on account of it, no matter how many live for it, I have no reverence for that book, and I am glad of it.”

Heart Book Matter Reason Teach My Heart Accounts Died Contrary Glad Doctrine Reverence

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“Where men are forbidden to honour a king, they honor millionaires, athletes, or film stars instead; even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.”

Men Film Spiritual Stars Kings Honor Athlete Deny Poison Honour Forbidden Millionaire Monarchy Gangsters Monarchs Spiritual Nature Film Stars Constitutional Monarchy Polyphony

Author:C. S. Lewis

“If government is in the hands of the few, they will tyrannize the many; if in the hands of the many, they will tyrannize over the few. It ought to be in the hands of both, and be separated...they will need a mutual check. This check is a monarch.”

Ifs Needs Hands Government Ought Checks Mutual Monarchs

Book:The works of Alexander Hamilton: comprising his correspondence, and his political and official writings, exclusive of the Federalist, civil and military. Published from the original manuscripts deposited in the Department of State, by order of the Joint Library Committee of Congress

Source: The works of Alexander Hamilton: comprising his correspondence, and his political and official writings, exclusive of the Federalist, civil and military. Published from the original manuscripts deposited in the Department of State, by order of the Joint Library Committee of Congress

“A Dark Age is not just a period in which people no longer know how to do things. The real key is that people no longer remember that certain things can be done at all.”

People Knows Real Done Age Remember Certain Dark Know How Keys Periods Dark Ages

Author:Jerry Pournelle

“The United States has been utilizing what may prove to be the most historically inept strategy in the entire history of warfare, in which the enemy nations are occupied while allowing its own territory to be colonized.”

May Has Beens States Nations United Enemy United States Prove Strategy Allowing Territory Warfare Utilizing

Author:Theodore Beale

“...nuclear warfare is not necessary to cause a breakdown of our society. You take a large city like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago-their water supply comes from hundreds of miles away and any interruption of that, or food, or power for any period of time, you're going to have riots in the streets. Our society is so fragile, so dependent on the interworking of things to provide us with goods and services, that you don't need nuclear warfare to fragment us anymore than the Romans needed it to cause their eventual downfall.”