Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.

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Goodness armed with power is corrupted, and pure love without power is destroyed.

Goodness armed with power is corrupted, and pure love without power is destroyed.

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

If we survive danger, it steels our courage more than anything else.

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