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> [And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it will be forced to create a new official faith and new moral principles which will be binding on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/and-so-today-if-the-state-can-no-longer-appeal-to-the-old-moral/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

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> [As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/as-i-have-pointed-out-it-is-the-christian-tradition-that-is-the-most/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

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## More by Christopher Dawson

> [You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/you-can-give-men-food-and-leisure-and-amusements-and-good-conditions/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [It is Christian culture that has created Western man and the Western way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/it-is-christian-culture-that-has-created-western-man-and-the-western/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [No civilisation, not even that of ancient Greece, has ever undergone such a continuous and profound process of change as Western Europe has done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/no-civilisation-not-even-that-of-ancient-greece-has-ever-undergone/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/the-present-age-has-seen-a-great-slump-in-humanist-values/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life without feeling his utter dependence on supernatural powers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/man-can-know-his-world-without-falling-back-on-revelation-he-can-live/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/the-intercourse-between-the-mediterranean-and-the-north-or-between/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [The chief safeguard of personal freedom in a democratic society is the anarchy and disorder of capitalist individualism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/the-chief-safeguard-of-personal-freedom-in-a-democratic-society-is/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/and-so-today-if-the-state-can-no-longer-appeal-to-the-old-moral/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/humanism-and-divinity-are-as-complementary-to-one-another-in-theorder/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [We have entered a new phase of culture - we may call it the Age of the Cinema - in which the most amazing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/we-have-entered-a-new-phase-of-culture-we-may-call-it-the-age-of-the/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [“Culture was actually humanity’s attempt to extend the womb.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/culture-was-actually-humanity-s-attempt-to-extend-the-womb/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/for-humanism-also-appeals-to-man-as-man-it-seeks-to-liberate-the/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/this-freedom-of-political-discussion-on-the-highest-level-is/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable of assimilating the most diverse materials and imprinting her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/the-church-as-a-divine-society-possess-an-internal-principle-of-life/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

> [If man attempts to suppress the animal side of his nature by a sheer effort of conscious will, nature finds a hundred unexpected and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/if-man-attempts-to-suppress-the-animal-side-of-his-nature-by-a-sheer/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

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