The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
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Life has no meaning except in terms of responsibility.
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The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.
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All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.
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Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
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God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
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