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“In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it never had before. You took the fact that the monarch was head of the Church of England to mean that the British monarchy was itself a religious or moral institution and the monarchy became a symbol of national public morality.”

Mean Facts Given Church Religious Moral Century Position Morality England Institutions British Symbols 20th Century Monarchy Monarchs Church Of England British Monarchy

Author:David Starkey

“The fundamentalists are insistent that they know best. It's a dictatorial attitude towards personal morality, which is a modern creation that came about in the 19th century.”

Knows Attitude Modern Century Creation Morality 19th Century

Author:Steve Coogan

“The acceptability of birth control has always depended on a morality that separates sex from reproduction. In the nineteenth century, when the birth control movement began, such a separation was widely considered immoral. The eventual widespread public acceptance of birth control required a major reorientation of sexual values.”

Values Sex Century Movement Acceptance Birth Morality Majors Separation Immoral Nineteenth Century Reproduction Birth Control

Book:The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control Politics in America

Source: The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control Politics in America

“The morality of the 21st century will depend on how we respond to this simple but profound question: Does every human life have equal moral value simply and merely because it is human?”

Humans Doe Values Simple Moral Century Depends Morality Equal Profound Human Life 21st Century Moral Values

Author:Wesley J. Smith

“I grow tired of 18th century moralities in a 20th century space-atomic age”

Age Grows Space Century Morality Tired 20th Century 18th Century

Book:Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters, 1963-1993

Source: Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters, 1963-1993

“Liberty and morality had to win their way slowly over many centuries, until finally expanding liberty made possible the great technological advance of the Industrial Revolution and the flowering of modern capitalism.”

Way Made Winning Liberty Modern Century Revolution Morality Capitalism Technological Expanding Flowering Industrial Revolution

Author:Murray Rothbard