“Churchmen sought to introduce rational trial procedures and sophisticated legal principles in place of the superstition-based trial by ordeal that had characterized the Germanic legal order.” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
“Thirty-five craters on the moon are named for Jesuit scientists and mathematicians. ” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
“But it would be about tolerating dissent. Now, movies or plays, pieces of art about dissent, they always, I think, flatter the author and… — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
“This is in response to Thatcher’s statement that “there’s no such thing as society.” So these progressives are going to show her! Naturally, they… — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
“The biggest anachronism, usually, in a historical movie is, again, the author doesn’t want to be thought to in any way share the social… — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
“It was Francisco de Vitoria, a Catholic priest and professor, who earned the title of father of international law.” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
“It’s one thing to describe someone as a voice crying in the wilderness, but that doesn’t quite capture Laurence Vance and his work. Vance… — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
“Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology.” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
“The first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a free falling body was Father Giambattista Riccioli.” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
“The university system, a gift of Western civilization to the world, was developed by the Catholic Church.” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
“(Catholic) monks taught metallurgy, introduced new crops, copied ancient texts, preserved literacy, pioneered in technology, invented champagne, improved the European landscape, provided for wanderers… — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
“To be attacked by a Gore Vidal, or an H.L. Mencken, one of the great wordsmiths of American criticism, while surely unpleasant, must have… — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
