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title: "3 Decline West Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/i-think-democracy-is-on-the-decline-in-the-west-ruling-parties-are/)

[Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/)

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> [What can oppose the decline of the west is not a resurrected culture but the utopia that is silently contained in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-can-oppose-the-decline-of-the-west-is-not-a-resurrected-culture/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Whoever has known the spiritual beauty of the Under­ground Church cannot be satisfied anymore with the emptiness of some Western churches. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wurmbrand/whoever-has-known-the-spiritual-beauty-of-the-under-ground-church/)

[Richard Wurmbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wurmbrand/)

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