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“For them, the only moral force tenable for man was fear of the state. Their attitude was if you believe in Rome, then you believe in the power of Rome to enforce morality and the fear of the state will bring law and order among men, but if you believe in a God who is supposedly out there in the heavens, you’re an atheist.”

— R. J. Rushdoony