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

"Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace."

"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."

"There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war."

"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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