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The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

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Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes...more

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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, ra...more

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The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

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Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

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Rationality belongs to the cool observer, but because of the stupidity of the average man, he follows not reason, but faith, and the naive faith requi...more