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> [We live at a time that is notable for the polemical nature of discussions about identity, consciousness, rationality, agency, memory, and feeling. 'New atheists' and reductive materialists conduct gladiatorial debates against defenders of faith and enemies of reductionism. Lots of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-george/we-live-at-a-time-that-is-notable-for-the-polemical-nature-of/)

[Robert P. George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-p-george/)

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## More by Robert P. George

> [The idea of a judgment of history is secularism's vain, meaningless, hopeless, pathetic attempt to devise a substitute for what the great Abrahamic traditions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-george/the-idea-of-a-judgment-of-history-is-secularism-s-vain-meaningless/)

[Robert P. George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-p-george/)

> [According to the classic liberal-arts ideal, learning promises liberation, but it is not liberation from demanding moral ideals and social norms, or liberation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-george/according-to-the-classic-liberal-arts-ideal-learning-promises/)

[Robert P. George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-p-george/)

> [What the Tea Parties are standing for is constitutional principle. It's not fundamentally about tax rates or whether to have a consumption tax or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-george/what-the-tea-parties-are-standing-for-is-constitutional-principle-it/)

[Robert P. George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-p-george/)

> [We don't seek to destroy our enemies. After all, Jesus taught that our love must extend even to enemies. It's a remarkable teaching. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-george/we-don-t-seek-to-destroy-our-enemies-after-all-jesus-taught-that-our/)

[Robert P. George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-p-george/)

> [Although both my grandfathers encountered ethnic prejudice, they viewed this as an aberration-a failure of some Americans to live up to the nation's ideals.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-george/although-both-my-grandfathers-encountered-ethnic-prejudice-they/)

[Robert P. George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-p-george/)

> [Jesus said that when confronted with Caesar's coin, to render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's but unto God what is God's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-george/jesus-said-that-when-confronted-with-caesar-s-coin-to-render-unto/)

[Robert P. George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-p-george/)

> [There comes a point at which a law can be so unjust it is necessary openly, lovingly and with a willingness to accept the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-george/there-comes-a-point-at-which-a-law-can-be-so-unjust-it-is-necessary/)

[Robert P. George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-p-george/)

> [We live at a time that is notable for the polemical nature of discussions about identity, consciousness, rationality, agency, memory, and feeling. 'New atheists'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-george/we-live-at-a-time-that-is-notable-for-the-polemical-nature-of/)

[Robert P. George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-p-george/)

> [The real future of America, the best future for ourselves and our children, is to go back in the direction of limited government restrained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-p-george/the-real-future-of-america-the-best-future-for-ourselves-and-our/)

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