Quote by David Mamet
Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacit

Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost. – David Mamet

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The government, for example, has determined that black people (somehow) have fewer abilities than white people, and, so, must be given certain preferences. Anyone acquainted with both black and white people knows this assessment is not only absurd but monstrous. And yet it is the law. – David Mamet

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Government
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If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals. – David Mamet

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My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line. – David Mamet

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Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, thats important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences. – Dalai Lama

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Go beyond science, into the region of metaphysics. Real religion is beyond argument. It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly. – Swami Sivananda

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The churches must learn humility as well as teach it. – George Bernard Shaw, St. Joan

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I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people – not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people. – Kenneth Robert Livingstone

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