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Quote by George Will
Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it i

Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be? – George Will

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Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. – George Will

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For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – William Shakespeare

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Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right. – William Ewart Gladstone

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Let me give you one definition of ethics: It is good to maintain life and to further life; it is bad to damage and destroy life. And this ethic, profound, universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion. – Albert Schweitzer

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Evangelical faith without Christian ethics is a travesty on the gospel. – V. Raymond Edman

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The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. – Aristotle

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The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly a matter of politics rather than faith. – Terry Eagleton

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