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"The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world."
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"Politicians look for interests not people."

"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."

"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."

"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."

"In my view, any government whose state is perpetually at war, and remains so in spite of initiatives to make peace, is incompetent and unfit and should resign."
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"Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it."

"God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other."

"Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it."

"The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it."

"Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity."
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