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We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.
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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New York City
New York
William Sloane Coffin
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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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Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are.
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Human unity is not something we are called on to create — only something we are called on to recognize.
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People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.
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The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.
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Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.
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Socrates had it wrong it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.
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Christians have to listen to the world as well as to the Word - to science, to history, to what reason and our own experience tell us. We do not honor the higher truth we find in Christ by ignoring truths found elsewhere.
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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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To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.
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Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.
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It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.
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Love is in the giver, not the gift.
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If your heart is full of fear, you won't seek truth you'll seek security. If a heart is full of love, it will have a limbering effect on the mind.
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We call on all members of America's religious communities, as a testament of our common faith, to join Faithful Security, and to take action immediately to break faith with nuclear weapons.
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Without love, violence will change the world it will change it into a more violent one.
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Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.
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It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.
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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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