"All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions."

"All social cooperation on a larger scale than the most intimate social group requires a measure of coercion."

"Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems."

"God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other."

"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."

"No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own; therefore, we are saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness."

"Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. "

"Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love."

"Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith."

"The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it."

"The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world."