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Nearly every grave moral failure begins with a small sin.
Charles Colson
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Charles Colson
Age: 80 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 16
Died: 2012
Died: April 21
Former White House Counsel
Lawyer
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Boston
Massachusetts
Charles Chuck Wendell Colson
Charles Wendell Colson
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True tolerance is not a total lack of judgment. It's knowing what should be tolerated, and refusing to tolerate that which shouldn't.
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We humans, you see, have an infinite capacity for self-rationalization.
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The problem is that relativism provides no sure foundation for a safe and orderly society.
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