"In the Catholic view of things, abortion is a justice issue, not an issue of sexual morality... it is a civil rights issue, arguably the greatest civil rights issue of our time."

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Source : George Weigel (2002). “The Truth of Catholicism: Ten Controversies Explored”, p.164, Gracewing Publishing

George Weigel

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“I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until I met my present wife, at the age of 35, you could name two girlfriends.”
“When you've done the types of things I've done, it's easier not to reflect on yourself. When I start thinking about how it's affecting the families of the people, and my family and everything, it doesn't do me any good. It just gets me very upset.”
“Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms.”
“Do you know how many calories are in butter and cheese and ice cream? Would you get your dog up in the morning for a cup of coffee and a donut?”
“You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.”
“Be careful whom you associate with. It is human to imitate the habits of those with whom we interact. We inadvertently adopt their interests, their opinions, their values, and their habit of interpreting events.”
“Working against a restriction - for me - often produces greater things than getting rid of all boundaries.”
“The working class of England take their deracination completely for granted. Disenchantment is the happy code that informs every byway of the underclass: service jobs, celebrity dreams, Lotto wins, leisured poverty on pre-crunch credit cards, it's all there, part of the story of an English people whose grandparents never had it so good.”

Source : "The age of indifference" by Andrew O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2009.

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