Thomas Merton quote: The most awful tyranny is that of the proximate Utopia where the last sins are currently being eliminated and where, ...

The most awful tyranny is that of the proximate Utopia where the last sins are currently being eliminated and where, tomorrow, there will be no more sins because all the sinners will have been wiped out. p. 22

~ Thomas Merton ~

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