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During the Cold War between the democratic West and the Soviet Union, there were, of course, many in the West who said, ‘Better dead than Red [communist]’; but many others subscribed to the slogan associated with Bertrand Russell, the twentieth century’s leading atheist philosopher: ‘Better Red than dead.’ Russell’s slogan was consistent with that of much of the well-educated class in Britain. On February 8, 1933, right after Hitler came to power in Germany, the Oxford Union Debating Society hel
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― The Rational Bible: Exodus
― The Rational Bible: Exodus
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He (Mussolini) also stopped comparing himself to Caesar, wondering aloud if Jesus Christ might be a more apt comparison.
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― Fascism: A Warning
― Fascism: A Warning
