“[B]ecause capitalism and communism are processive
faiths without God, each is a form of madness—a fantasy without a guarantee.
Democracy, in contrast, grows directly out of the Israelite vision of
individuals, subjects of value because they are images of God, each with a
unique and personal destiny. There is no way that it could ever have been
‘self-evident that all men are created equal' without the intervention of the
Jews.”—Thomas Cahill, The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (1999)
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