Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it

The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to is not Christian. If any member refuses to bear that burden, he denies the law of Christ. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Christianity
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The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Solitude
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A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. – Robert Frost

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The progress of society is mainly the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the world. – Rutherford B. Hayes

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Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all. – Charles Rangel

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Society

Boys natural play is rough and tumble play, its the universal play of little boys. And its very different from aggression. And we are a society thats failing to understand the distinction. – Christina Hoff Sommers

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