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Quotes from Address on the Cult Phenomenon in the United States — Maurice Davis

d. 1993 United States

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Five, the instilling of fear, hatred, and suspicion of everyone outside the camp, of the entire outside world in order to keep the victims in line.

Address on the Cult Phenomenon in the United States (1979)

I am a Jew, and I am a Rabbi, and I cherish — as do my people — the grandeur of the First Amendment.

Address on the Cult Phenomenon in the United States (1979)

No man and no group in this country is above the law. Indeed, for 1000 years and more my people have lived with the Hebrew phrase, "נָא דְּמַלְכוּתָא דִּינָא ." [Dina d'malkhuta dina] — "The law of the land is the law."

Address on the Cult Phenomenon in the United States (1979)

Ladies and gentlemen, every path leads somewhere. That is what a path is all about. The path of segregation leads to lynching every time. The path of antisemitism leads to Auschwitz every time. The path of the cults leads to Jonestown — and we ignore it at our peril.

Address on the Cult Phenomenon in the United States (1979)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Maurice Davis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.