Quote of the Day, 11/5/08

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“By the frame of the government under which we live, this same people have wisely given their public servants but little power for mischief, and have with equal wisdom provided for the return of that little to their own hands at very short intervals. While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration by any extreme of wickedness or folly can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years.” — A. Lincoln

Quote of the Day, 11/3/08

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“One of our great challenges is constantly to incorporate new experience, so as not to leave ourselves with a piece of brittle lace, the touching of which would cause it to crumble.” — W. F. Buckley, quoting J. H. Newman

Quote of the Day, 10/31/08

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“To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.” –E. A. Poe

Quote of the Day, 10/29/08

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“A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge.” — D. Barry

Quote of the Day, 10/27/08

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“A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.” — St. Augustine

Quote of the Day, 10/24/08

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“The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.” — G.K. Chesterton

Quote of the Day, 10/22/08

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“Only our concept of time makes it possible for us to speak of the Day of Judgment by that name; in reality it is a summary court in perpetual session.” — F. Kafka

Quote of the Day, 10/20/08

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“The reason governments recognize marriage in the first place is to promote the well-being of children in the setting most conducive to their flourishing. There may or may not be great value in other types of relationships: those between friends, or heterosexual lovers, or relatives who take care of each other. But why should the government grant recognition to one subset of those non-marital relationships ”” those between people of the same sex who are sexually involved? What goal does such recognition serve?” — National Review

Quote of the Day, 10/16/08

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“Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.” — H. James

Quote of the Day, 10/14/08

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“Death is a dialogue between
The spirit and the dust.
‘Dissolve,’ says Death. The Spirit: ‘Sir,
I have another trust.’

“Death doubts it, argues from the ground.
The Spirit turns away,
Just laying off, for evidence,
An overcoat of clay.” — E. Dickinson

Quote of the Day, 10/10/08

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“The glory of God is man fully alive; moreover man’s life is the vision of God: if God’s revelation through creation has already obtained life for all the beings that dwell on earth, how much more will the Word’s manifestation of the Father obtain life for those who see God.” — St. Irenaeus