The sad duty of politics

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

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A wise architect observed that

A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.

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Life is a battle between

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.

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The mastery of nature is

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

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If we survive danger it

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

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Family life is too intimate

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.

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I think there ought to

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth.

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Man's capacity for justice makes

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

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God give me the serenity

God give me the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed;Give me courage to change things which must be changed;And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.

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There is no cure for

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

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