Andrew Bernstein Quotes

#1. Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.

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#2. The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict.

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#3. Each one of us has the power - and must develop the will - to be the hero of his own life. We believe in goals, in purposes, in achievement and in the joy of living.

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#4. Even in this secular country, the threat posed by religious fundamentalists is never very far away. Every major religious text exhorts the same principles - that of unyielding obedience to a supernatural being, and renunciation of the intellect and personal aspirations.

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#5. Many argue that Christianity is "different" from other religions - that it is primarily about love of one's fellow man. The Crusades, The Inquisition, Calvin's Geneva all prove that this is not the case. These events were pre-eminently about obedience to authority.

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#6. First, he must hold rational values, and to do this he must be a thinker.

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#7. Statism systematically violates the rights of individuals and is, therefore, immoral. Because it suppresses the mind and violates men's rights, it thereby causes abysmal poverty and is utterly impractical.

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#8. A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.

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#9. A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.

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