"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

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Voltaire

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“Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job.”
“The happiest people are those who are too busy to notice whether they are or not.”
“Players very widely disagree with me about what's hard and what's easy. and in a way, 'I won, but it was a fight' is the best compliment a game can receive.”
“When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.”
“Men praise poverty, as the African worships Mumbo Jumbo--from terror of the malign power, and a desire to propitiate at.”
“I believe that sometimes people come into your life at exactly the right moment to give you exactly what you need at that moment.”
“My mother had a book club that would dissolve into opening wine.”
“Where orthodoxy is optional, orthodoxy will sooner or later be proscribed.”

Source : Richard John Neuhaus (2001). “The Best of "The Public Square".: Book two”, p.1, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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