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In our time all it takes for evil to flourish is for a few good men to be a little wrong and have a great deal of power, and for the vast majority of their fellow citizens to remain indifferent.
William Sloane Coffin
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William Sloane Coffin
Age: 81 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 12
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There are three kinds of patriots, two bad, one good. The bad ones are the uncritical lovers and the loveless critics. Good patriots carry on a lover's quarrel with their country, a reflection of God's lover's quarrel with all the world.
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The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman.
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Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.
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A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.
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Isn't that what growing up is all about - learning to outlast despair?
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It is often said that the Church is a crutch. Of course it's a crutch. What makes you think you don't limp?
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Hope is a state of mind independent of the state of the world. If your heart's full of hope, you can be persistent when you can't be optimistic. You can keep the faith despite the evidence, knowing that only in so doing has the evidence any chance of changing. So while I'm not optimistic, I'm always very hopeful.
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To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.
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The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Love is in the giver, not the gift.
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Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.
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Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.
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There is nothing anti-intellectual in the leap of faith, for faith is not believing without proof but trusting without reservation.
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Without love, violence will change the world it will change it into a more violent one.
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I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.
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In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism. It's time we did the same for homophobia.
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I asked an 85 year old professor, 'What makes you cry?' He said, 'Whenever I see or hear the truth.'
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For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.
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