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Alan Keyes
Alan Keyes

Alan Keyes, born on August 7, 1950, is an American activist known for his conservative stance and outspoken style. He has extensive experience in the political arena, serving in various government roles and being active in international affairs. Keyes has participated in several elections, including the U.S. presidential race, and has his own views on foreign policy. more

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“I have repeatedly stressed that the selfish impulses of man constitute a much less historic danger than his integrative tendencies. To put it in the simplest way: the individual who indulges in an excess of aggressive self-assertiveness incurs the penalties of society-he outlaws himself, he contracts out of the hierarchy. The true believer, on the other hand, becomes more closely knit into it; he enters the womb of his church, or party, or whatever the social holon to which he surrenders his identity.”

“Secular humanism does not have the essential attributes of a religion: belief in a deity, the wish for some sort of afterlife, sacred dogma or texts, or an absolutist moral creed. Instead, it expresses a philosophical and ethical point of view, and it draws upon the scientific method in formulationg its naturalistic view of the nature.”