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The State of the Union: Discussion Period
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That's the criterion. When you take that away from somebody, the right to have a sense of immortality, what you do is make people more ignorant, less moral. They're capable of doing things they otherwise would not do, on moral grounds. You have to set a standard, especially government. Government must set a standard of caring not just for the body, but also for the soul of the individual--not by teaching religion, but by doing the things which ensures you, going into your grave, that you've spent your talent so, that people in future generations are going to benefit. And so your dead ancestors can be proud of what you did.
We have to run society from that standpoint, of understanding the difference between a monkey and a man. And sometimes, with these politicians, it is difficult, I'll admit, to tell the difference.
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