Atheists in our midst are proof that all consciences can be accommodated here, even those that have no ground for holding that conscience is sacred, inalienable, and prior to civil society.

The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (1982). He was married to Karen Laub-Novak a professional artist and illustrator who died of cancer in August 2009. Later career
After serving at Old Westbury/SUNY from 1969 to 1972 Novak launched the humanities program at the Rockefeller Foundation in 1973-1974.

Michael Novak (born 9 September 1933) is an American Catholic philosopher journalist novelist and diplomat. delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in 1986.