Quote by Ian Mcewan
By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their

By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage. – Ian Mcewan

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One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether thats even possible, interested me. – Ian Mcewan

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Forgiveness
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My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They werent able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively. – Ian Mcewan

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And its one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset. – Pat Robertson

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Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. – Thornton Wilder

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It is something that is called MDS. It is a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow. Im going to beat this. My doctors say it and my faith says it. – Robin Roberts

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Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe. – Henry David Thoreau

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