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> [It is a stern fact of history that no nation that rushed to the abyss ever turned back. Not ever, in the long history of the world. We are now on the edge of the abyss. Can we, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/it-is-a-stern-fact-of-history-that-no-nation-that-rushed-to-the-abyss/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

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## More by Taylor Caldwell

> [“It's a funny thing about love: you don't need to have it returned to love somebody. Loving's enough. -- A Prologue to Love ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/it-s-a-funny-thing-about-love-you-don-t-need-to-have-it-returned-to/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/if-there-is-a-god-then-he-was-particularly-harsh-to-me/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/people-must-again-learn-to-work-instead-of-living-on-public-assistance/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [“What manner of men had lived in those days...who had so eagerly surrendered their sovereignty for a lie and a delusion? Why had they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/what-manner-of-men-had-lived-in-those-days-who-had-so-eagerly/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [I will know him by his eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/i-will-know-him-by-his-eyes/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [I am the skeptic of skeptics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/i-am-the-skeptic-of-skeptics/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [“Then, my sweet, you are still an innocent, and I am amazed. Lies are far more potent than the truth, and far ore dangerous.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/then-my-sweet-you-are-still-an-innocent-and-i-am-amazed-lies-are-far/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [“Forests, hills, mountains, rivers, and green streams had no protection in the face of rapacity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/forests-hills-mountains-rivers-and-green-streams-had-no-protection-in/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/corrupt-citizens-breed-corrupt-rulers-and-it-is-the-mob-who-finally/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [Man was the outlaw, the rebel, the distorted shape that scarred the earth, the voice that silenced the music of Eden, the hand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/man-was-the-outlaw-the-rebel-the-distorted-shape-that-scarred-the/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [At 8, I made a pact with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/at-8-i-made-a-pact-with-god/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [There is no solid satisfaction in any career for a woman like myself. There is no home, no true freedom, no hope, no joy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/there-is-no-solid-satisfaction-in-any-career-for-a-woman-like-myself/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [“On the day when you again allow abominable men to confiscate your freedom, your money, your lives, your private property, your manhood and your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/on-the-day-when-you-again-allow-abominable-men-to-confiscate-your/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/no-woman-has-ever-been-an-authentic-genius-of-the-stature-of-men-but/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

> [Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/even-the-most-malignant-gods-would-not-continue-to-inflict-life-upon/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

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