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> [“As we grow in grace, we become a blessing to the world around us, and the world, in terms of its relations to us, is blessed or cursed. This means that the politics of the world capitols, however important, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/as-we-grow-in-grace-we-become-a-blessing-to-the-world-around-us-and/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

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## More by R.J. Rushdoony

> [People do not avoid the Bible because it is difficult to understand as much as because what they understand condemns their conscience and throws…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/people-do-not-avoid-the-bible-because-it-is-difficult-to-understand/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [Humanistic law aims at saving man and remaking society. For Humanism, salvation is an act of the state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/humanistic-law-aims-at-saving-man-and-remaking-society-for-humanism/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [The end of an age is always a time of turmoil, war, economic catastrophe, cynicism, lawlessness and distress. But it is also an era…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/the-end-of-an-age-is-always-a-time-of-turmoil-war-economic/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [In any age, our problems are a result of sin, and the solution is faith and obedience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/in-any-age-our-problems-are-a-result-of-sin-and-the-solution-is-faith/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [Man lives in time but his life transcends time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/man-lives-in-time-but-his-life-transcends-time/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [All religions segregate also...every religion asserts an order of truth and every other order is regarded as a lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/all-religions-segregate-also-every-religion-asserts-an-order-of-truth/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [It is significant that, as innocent babies are killed, and capital punishment is withheld from their murderers, the same men who plead for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/it-is-significant-that-as-innocent-babies-are-killed-and-capital/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [The triune God exercises total government over all things, and He requires us as His image-bearers to exercise government in Christ in our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/the-triune-god-exercises-total-government-over-all-things-and-he/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [One faith, one law and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/one-faith-one-law-and-one-standard-of-justice-did-not-mean-democracy/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [It needs more than ever to be stressed that the best and truest educators are parents under God. The greatest school is the family.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/it-needs-more-than-ever-to-be-stressed-that-the-best-and-truest/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [Life is rarely easy, but, with Christ our King, it is always good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/life-is-rarely-easy-but-with-christ-our-king-it-is-always-good/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [Concerning the press and politicians, the hatred for all such evangelical groups is not because of their real or fancied blunders but because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/concerning-the-press-and-politicians-the-hatred-for-all-such/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [ “\[T\]he more man accepts his limitations, the better is he enabled to know things truly.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/t-he-more-man-accepts-his-limitations-the-better-is-he-enabled-to/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [“Our character is revealed under pressure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/our-character-is-revealed-under-pressure/)

[R.J. Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-rushdoony/)

> [“Problems are a part of life in a fallen world, and they are necessary part of it, necessary to our testing and to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-rushdoony/problems-are-a-part-of-life-in-a-fallen-world-and-they-are-necessary/)

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