"The negative penalties of the Old Testament case……" — Gary North
"The negative penalties of the Old Testament case laws were not harsh but just, not a threat to society but rather the necessary judicial foundation of civic freedom… the Old Testament was harsh on criminals because it was soft on victims."
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30 Quotes by Gary North
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... thou shall not steal, even by majority vote ...
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Words summarize the American philosophy of life: Live and let live; Let's make a deal. 8 words summarize American foreign…
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The politics of envy is the politics of this commandment: "Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote." It is…
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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Everyone talks about religious liberty, but no one believes it. So let us be blunt about it: we must use the…
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The question eventually must be raised: Is it a criminal offense to take the name of the Lord in vain?…
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Grape juice at the communion table symbolizes the historical impotence of Christ’s blood, Christ’s gospel, Christ’s church, and Christ’s expanding…
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The long-term goal of Christians in politics should be to gain exclusive control over the franchise. Those who refuse to…
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The basis for building a Christian society is evangelism and missions that lead to a widespread Christian revival, so that…
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Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.
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The stranger in ancient Israel did not serve as a judge, although he received all the benefits of living in…
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More Case Quotes
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I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those…
— Adam Arkin
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We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves…
— David Attenborough
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I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling…
— Michele Bachmann
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They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should…
— Ginger Baker
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Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is…
— Abu Bakr
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
— James A. Baldwin
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The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to…
— John Adams
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Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise…
— Dave Barry
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To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights…
— Saint Basil
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I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The…
— Scott Adams
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Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which…
— Martha Beck
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