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"One can have a society without God,” writes Régis Debray, “but there cannot be a society without religion.”

— Alain de Benoist On Being a Pagan (2004)

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Modernity proclaims rights without in any way providing the means to exercise them.

Manifesto for a European Renaissance (2005)

Yahweh would have preferred that man had not emerged from “nature.”

On Being a Pagan (2004)

Alone of all the animals, man’s actions are not predicated by his membership in a species.

On Being a Pagan (2004)

Those nations on the way to disbelief are on the path to abdication.

On Being a Pagan (2004)

In reality, as their theological roots demonstrate, human rights are only law contaminated by morality.

Beyond Human Rights. Defending Freedoms (2011)

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The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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