“ The propensity to say and do dumb things, and even wicked things, is simply part of human nature. One can blame the Church or Christianity for such things only on the thoroughly unwarranted assumption… Richard John Neuhaus
“ Progress without the reasoned freedom to think and act is regression to slavery. Richard John Neuhaus
“ Respect for the dignity of others includes treating them as rational creatures capable of being persuadad by rational argument, even in the face of frequent evidence to the contrary. Richard John Neuhaus
“ Optimism is a matter optics, of seeing what you want to see and not seeing what you don't want to see. Hope, on the other hand, is a Christian virtue. It is the unblinking acknowledgment of all that m… Richard John Neuhaus
