"Materialism is our great enemy. It is the chief "ism" we have to combat and conquer. It is the mother of all the "isms". Without the conquest of materialism, our nations will decay from within while we prepare to defend ourselves against attacks from without."
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Remaking the World: The Speeches of Frank N.D. Buchman, Blandford Press 1947, revised 1958, p. 126
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Frank Buchman
Franklin Nathaniel Daniel Buchman (4 June 1878–7 August 1961), initially a Lutheran pastor, founded in 1921 a ecumenical movement known as the "Oxford Group", which opened to all religions from 1938 onwards under the name of Moral Rearmament under the banner of anti-communism. Because of his important contribution to the Franco-German reconciliation, he was decorated by both countries. He was also decorated by the Emperor of Japan Hirohito for his contribution to the regeneration and reintroduct
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