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> [Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because it was so clearly a religiously inspired movement that entered the public arena and made a major difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-l-shelley/today-s-secular-libertarians-who-want-to-remove-biblical-religion/)

[Bruce L. Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-l-shelley/)

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## More by Bruce L. Shelley

> [“Church historians often ask, ‘Is the church a movement or an institution?' . . . I think it is both. . . . I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-l-shelley/church-historians-often-ask-is-the-church-a-movement-or-an/)

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> [“In a sense the rise of Anabaptism was no surprise. Most revolutionary movements produce a wing of radicals who feel called of God to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-l-shelley/in-a-sense-the-rise-of-anabaptism-was-no-surprise-most-revolutionary/)

[Bruce L. Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-l-shelley/)

> [“Reason, said Butler, provides no complete system of knowledge, and in ordinary life it can offer us only probabilities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-l-shelley/reason-said-butler-provides-no-complete-system-of-knowledge-and-in/)

[Bruce L. Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-l-shelley/)

> [Fortunately, Judge Richey's decision was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, but it is an example of how far the purge of Christian values…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-l-shelley/fortunately-judge-richey-s-decision-was-overturned-by-the-u-s-supreme/)

[Bruce L. Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-l-shelley/)

> [“If we see some admirable work of human art, we are at once eager to investigate the nature, the manner, the end of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-l-shelley/if-we-see-some-admirable-work-of-human-art-we-are-at-once-eager-to/)

[Bruce L. Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-l-shelley/)

> [The schools, the courts, the media - all seem determined to erase Christian influence from public life and confine religion to the four walls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-l-shelley/the-schools-the-courts-the-media-all-seem-determined-to-erase/)

[Bruce L. Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-l-shelley/)

> [Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-l-shelley/today-s-secular-libertarians-who-want-to-remove-biblical-religion/)

[Bruce L. Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-l-shelley/)

> [What we have seen in recent years in the United States is the church's rights to express itself, and to conduct its own affairs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-l-shelley/what-we-have-seen-in-recent-years-in-the-united-states-is-the-church/)

[Bruce L. Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-l-shelley/)

> [“On the contrary, said Paul, if they really have accepted Christ by faith, they have accepted the way of Christ and the mind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-l-shelley/on-the-contrary-said-paul-if-they-really-have-accepted-christ-by/)

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