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> [Since science is essentially objective, involving the study of how things actually are, "materialism" would therefore seem to be its antithesis, since its starting point is the desire to impose upon the natural world a particular and limited way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-phillips/since-science-is-essentially-objective-involving-the-study-of-how/)

[Melanie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-phillips/)

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## More by Melanie Phillips

> [The fact is that there is a profound spiritual hunger in the western world which, for a variety of reasons, its church is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-phillips/the-fact-is-that-there-is-a-profound-spiritual-hunger-in-the-western/)

[Melanie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-phillips/)

> [Thousands of alienated young Muslims, most of them born and bred here but who regard themselves as an army within, are waiting for an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-phillips/thousands-of-alienated-young-muslims-most-of-them-born-and-bred-here/)

[Melanie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-phillips/)

> [Along with the rest of the establishment, the BBC which, to be fair, can make superb documentaries - seems to have swallowed the distortions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-phillips/along-with-the-rest-of-the-establishment-the-bbc-which-to-be-fair-can/)

[Melanie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-phillips/)

> [They are fuelled by an ideology that itself is non-negotiable and forms a continuum that links peaceful, law-abiding but nevertheless intensely ideological Muslims at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-phillips/they-are-fuelled-by-an-ideology-that-itself-is-non-negotiable-and/)

[Melanie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-phillips/)

> [Climate ... models bear about as much relation to reality as astrology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-phillips/climate-models-bear-about-as-much-relation-to-reality-as-astrology/)

[Melanie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-phillips/)

> [No one has a human right to hide from justice behind a veil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-phillips/no-one-has-a-human-right-to-hide-from-justice-behind-a-veil/)

[Melanie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-phillips/)

> [Since science is essentially objective, involving the study of how things actually are, "materialism" would therefore seem to be its antithesis, since its starting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-phillips/since-science-is-essentially-objective-involving-the-study-of-how/)

[Melanie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-phillips/)

> [For neo-conservatism is a quintessentially Jewish project: a re-sanctification in everyday life of the core values of western civilisation, and the achievement of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-phillips/for-neo-conservatism-is-a-quintessentially-jewish-project-a-re/)

[Melanie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-phillips/)

> [After eight years in government, Mr Blair has precious little to show for his ambitious plans to heal the divisions in society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-phillips/after-eight-years-in-government-mr-blair-has-precious-little-to-show/)

[Melanie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-phillips/)

> [The Palestinians are a despotic, undemocratic grouping which promotes a religious war against Israel, a democracy, through terror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-phillips/the-palestinians-are-a-despotic-undemocratic-grouping-which-promotes/)

[Melanie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-phillips/)

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