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American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very poor people, but that is gone to today and the middle class is shrinking.
~ Os Guinness
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American
Been
Class
Democracy
Few
Gone
In The Past
Known
Large
Middle
Middle Class
Past
People
Poor
Poor People
Relatively
Shrinking
Today
Very
Wealthy
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As I understand the American Founders, the most brilliant and daring idea they had was that it's possible to create a free society that could stay free forever.
~ Os Guinness
American
Brilliant
Could
Create
Daring
Forever
Founders
Free
Free Society
Had
Idea
Most
Possible
Society
Stay
Understand
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Augustine says that you don't understand a nation by the throw weight of its military or the strength of its research universities or the size of its population, but by looking at what it loves in common. To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. And there's no question that the common love in America is freedom.
~ Os Guinness
America
Assess
Common
Freedom
Health
Ideals
Look
Looking
Love
Loves
Military
Nation
No Question
Population
Question
Research
Research Universities
Says
Size
Strength
Throw
Understand
Universities
Weight
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Beyond any question, the way the American founders consistently linked faith and freedom, republicanism and religion, was not only deliberate and thoughtful, it was also surprising and anything but routine.
~ Os Guinness
Also
American
Any
Anything
Beyond
Consistently
Deliberate
Faith
Founders
Freedom
Linked
Only
Question
Religion
Routine
Surprising
Thoughtful
Way
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I give lectures on globalization. I have lived on three continents. I have no quarrel with a global consciousness.
~ Os Guinness
Consciousness
Continents
Give
Global
Globalization
Lectures
Lived
Quarrel
Three
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I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.
~ Os Guinness
Anyone
Communism
Conscience
Fought
Freedom
Lived
Long
Much
Prize
Speech
Totalitarian
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I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
~ Os Guinness
Advocate
America
Christian
City
Hill
Obviously
Simplistic
View
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Jesus made clear that the Kingdom of God is organic and not organizational. It grows like a seed and it works like leaven: secretly, invisibly, surprisingly, and irresistibly.
~ Os Guinness
Clear
God
Grows
Jesus
Kingdom
Like
Made
Organic
Organizational
Secretly
Seed
Surprisingly
Works
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Like a precious family heirloom, freedom is not just ours to enjoy, but to treasure, protect, and pass on to future generations.
~ Os Guinness
Enjoy
Family
Freedom
Future
Future Generations
Generations
Just
Like
Ours
Pass
Precious
Protect
Treasure
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Negative freedom is freedom from - freedom from oppression, whether it's a colonial power or addiction to alcohol oppressing you. You need to be freed from negative freedom. Positive freedom is freedom for, freedom to be. And that's what's routinely ignored today.
~ Os Guinness
Addiction
Alcohol
Colonial
Freed
Freedom
Freedom From
Ignored
Need
Negative
Oppression
Positive
Power
Today
Whether
You
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One of the key places where sociology should be used is in analyzing 'the world' of our times, so that we can be more discerning. To resist the dangers of the world, you have to recognize the distortions and seductions of the world.
~ Os Guinness
Analyzing
Dangers
Discerning
Key
More
Our
Places
Recognize
Resist
Should
Sociology
Times
Used
Where
World
You
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The American 'unum' has been lost since the Sixties. If this continues, there will soon be no unifying American identity and vision to balance the 'pluribus,' and the days of the Republic will be numbered.
~ Os Guinness
American
American Identity
Balance
Been
Days
Has-Been
Identity
Lost
Numbered
Republic
Since
Sixties
Soon
Vision
Will
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The Christian church in the U.S. is still strong numerically, but it has lost its decisive influence both in American public life and in American culture as a whole, especially in the major elite institutions of society.
~ Os Guinness
American
American Culture
American Public
Both
Christian
Christian Church
Church
Culture
Decisive
Elite
Influence
Institutions
Life
Lost
Major
Public
Public Life
Society
Still
Strong
Whole
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
~ Os Guinness
Always
Demands
Enemy
Freedom
Greatest
Heart
Paradox
Rewards
Stern
Sweet
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The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes.
~ Os Guinness
Always
Around
Before
Christian
Darkest
Dawn
Five
Gloom
God
Holy
Holy Spirit
Hope
Hour
Just
Minutes
Often
People
Prayer
Reformation
Renaissance
Revival
Should
Situation
Spirit
Story
Turn
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There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.
~ Os Guinness
Citizens
Depending
Good
Government
Honest
Lives
Lots
People
Who
Worked
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