WIST Quotations

Niebuhr, Reinhold -- Christian Realism and Political Problems (1953)

Dave — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:19:21 +0000

There is no social evil, no form of injustice, whether of the feudal or capitalist order, which has not been sanctified in some way or another by religious sentiment and thereby rendered more impervious to change.

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) American theologian and clergyman
Christian Realism and Political Problems (1953)

~Other -- Kimberly Johnson

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

(Other Authors and Sources)
Kimberly Johnson

Sometimes attributed to Ben Franklin (but also without any citation).

Shaw, George Bernard -- Caesar and Cleopatra, Act 3 [Apollodorus] (1898)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
Caesar and Cleopatra, Act 3 [Apollodorus] (1898)

Lucretius -- De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things], I.101

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Such are the evils made acceptable by Religion!

[Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum.]

Lucretius (c. 100-c. 55 BC) Roman poet [Titus Luretius Carus]
De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things], I.101