"God, through Jesus Christ, welcomes you anyhow,"

-- Martin E. Marty

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“A government is a compulsory territorial monopolist of ultimate decision-making (jurisdiction) and, implied in this, a compulsory territorial monopolist of taxation. That is, a government is the ultimate arbiter, for the inhabitants of a given territory, regarding what is just and what is not, and it can determine unilaterally, i.e., without requiring the consent of those seeking justice or arbitration, the price that justice-seekers must pay to the government for providing this service.”
“That's typical Gabrielle, ... Marc has a very clever plan for this pregnancy. It's going to turn her world upside down”
“Agency is the power to think, choose, and act for ourselves. It comes with endless opportunities, accompanied by responsibility and consequences. It is a blessing and a burden. Using this gift of agency wisely is critical today because never in the world's history have God's children been so blessed or so blatantly confronted with so many choices.”
“Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.”
“I think British people for example can handle better their own poorness. The image of their poorness. But in France, people don't handle it very well. Either you are normal or ... if you are poor you better not show it.”
“You just chip away until the puzzle is complete.”
“I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.”
“A man who dies without adequate life insurance should have to come back and see the mess he created.”

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