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If we as Christians do not speak out as authoritarian governments grow from within or come from outside, eventually we or our children will be the enemy of society and the state. No truly authoritarian government can tolerate those who have real absolute by which to judge its arbitrary absolutes and who speak out and act upon that absolute.
If we as Christians do not speak out as authoritarian governments grow from within or come from outside, eventually we or our children will be the enemy of society and the state. No truly authoritarian government can tolerate those who have real absolute by which to judge its arbitrary absolutes and who speak out and act upon that absolute.
Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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- Francis A. Schaeffer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Francis Schaeffer: life dates 1912 to 1984. Wikidata Q958594, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q958594 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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