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The cruelty, the injustice, the implacability, and at times the sheer stupidity of the imperial Russian government and social order in no way justifies all that followed—but it does explain why the revolutionary Russian generation was so eager to place its hope in communism.

— Rod Dreher Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents (2020)

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To be able to see God and hear God requires faith. And faith requires humility, and commitment. You cannot know what the sea feels and tastes like if you will never leave the beach.

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They begin by destroying statues. They will end by destroying people.

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