Michael Novak quotes

To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia. (Michael Novak)
Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. View quote
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In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny. View quote
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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. View quote
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Our Founders always wondered about how long it would last. The price of liberty is everlasting vigilance. You've got to be on your guard every minute or you will lose it. View quote
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Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work. View quote
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Even rock stars are entitled to privacy. (Michael Novak)
Practically every movie that shows the pope or even a bishop as a character, and in much of western literature of the last 300 or 400 years, these are portrayed as awful figures. View quote
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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. View quote
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You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic. View quote
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Michael Novak

Occupation: American Theologian
Born: September 9, 1933
Died: February 17, 2017
Quotes count: 14
Wikipedia: Michael Novak

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