“Christians who have influence in political life must feel as individuals responsibility in front of their own faith. And the duty of encouraging laws that are not in contradiction with the Commandments comes within the mission of the Church.” FeelsChristianLawPoliticalIndividualChurchResponsibilityInfluenceFrontsDutyMissionsContradictionCommandmentsPolitical Life Author:Karl Lehmann
“Who will show me any Constitutional injunction which makes it the duty of the American people to surrender everything valuable in life, and even life, itself, whenever the purposes of an ambitious and mischievous government may require it? ... A free government with an uncontrolled power of military conscription is the most ridiculous and abominable contradiction and nonsense that ever entered into the heads of men.” PeopleMenMayShowsGovernmentAmericaPurposeMilitaryDutyValuableRidiculousSurrenderContradictionNonsenseAmbitiousShow MeFree GovernmentMischievousConscription Author:Daniel Webster
“The Muslim contribution to the future of America is to not only speak out as Muslims, but to also speak out as citizens in the name of our common values. Our main contribution is to reconcile the American society with its own values, those that are not in contradiction to Islam. We have a duty of consistency.” AmericaValuesNamesSpeakCommonDutyCitizensIslamContributionContradictionConsistencyReconcileSpeaks OutAmerican SocietyFuture Of America Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Now, it's high time for all those that have an influence on the parties with the conflict to understand that it is in the interest of everybody to put an end to this conflict. But this kind of persuasion, this kind of intense pressure, I believe it's my duty to do, even if I recognize that the contradictions and the different perceptions of interest that exist are making it very difficult.” BelieveKindDifferentI BelieveDifficultInterestPartyInfluenceDutyConflictPerceptionIntenseContradictionPersuasion Author:Antonio Guterres
“we would understand much more about life’s complexities if we applied ourselves to an assiduous study of its contradictions, instead of wasting time on identities and coherences, seeing as these have a duty to provide their own explanations.” IfsStudySeeingIdentityDutyExplanationComplexityContradictionWasting TimeCoherence Author:Jose Saramago