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Freedom requires virtue. Virtue requires faith. And faith, in turn, requires freedom. You can't have coerced state-sanctioned religion. It has to be utterly free.
Eric Metaxas
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Freedom requires virtue. Virtue requires faith. And faith, in turn, requires freedom. You can't have coerced state-sanctioned religion. It has to be utterly free. — Eric Metaxas

About Eric Metaxas

Eric Metaxas was a Author from United States (1963–present).

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Eric Metaxas lived from 1963 – present.
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