Quotes of Christopher Dawson

“ It is true that Christianity is not bound up with any particular race or culture. It is neither of the East or of the West, but has a universal mission to the human race as a whole. ”

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Assignment

“ As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. ”

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Behaviour

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

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“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

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Barrier

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

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“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

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Barrier

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

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Block

“ This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other. ”

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Classic

“ Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act. ”

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Collective

“ Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act. ”

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Combined

“ Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act. ”

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Declaration

“ No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion. ”

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Declaration

“ Law describes the way things would work if men were angels. ”

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Depict

“ The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values. ”

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Depression

“ As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. ”

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Destroy

“ You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for. ”

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Discontented

“ It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not to be found in the other great oriental religions. ”

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Dogma

“ The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. ”

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Exalted

“ The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. ”

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Elevated

“ The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution. ”

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Fundamentally

“ No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than the United States, and few societies are more intellectually aware of the nature of the issues that have to be faced. ”

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Fraternity

“ The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. ”

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Fond

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

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Hindrance

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

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Hindrance

“ American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World. ”

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International

“ Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act. ”

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Integrated

“ As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. ”

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Kill

“ American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World. ”

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Letter

“ The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. ”

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Lofty

“ Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum. ”

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“ It is true that Christianity is not bound up with any particular race or culture. It is neither of the East or of the West, but has a universal mission to the human race as a whole. ”

“ As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. ”

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

“ This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other. ”

“ Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act. ”

“ Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act. ”

“ Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act. ”

“ No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion. ”

“ Law describes the way things would work if men were angels. ”

“ The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values. ”

“ As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. ”

“ You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for. ”

“ It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not to be found in the other great oriental religions. ”

“ The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. ”

“ The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. ”

“ The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution. ”

“ No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than the United States, and few societies are more intellectually aware of the nature of the issues that have to be faced. ”

“ The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. ”

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

“ The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. ”

“ American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World. ”

“ Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act. ”

“ As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. ”

“ American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World. ”

“ The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. ”

“ Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum. ”