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Quotes from The Armor of God — Fulton J. Sheen

1895–1979 United States

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No man has need of religion who is self-righteous, who is all he wants to be and all he ought to be.

The Armor of God (1943)

Atheism is not a doctrine; it is a cry of wrath.

The Armor of God (1943)

The man who has never made a mistake has no need of an eraser; just so the man who has never done anything wrong has no need of a Redeemer.

The Armor of God (1943)

Hitler had no need of God: in his own conceit, he was a god.

The Armor of God (1943)

The trouble with Hitler and other tyrants is that they practice what they preach. Because their doctrines are wrong, their deeds are wrong. Because Nazism as a creed is wrong, its workings are wicked.

The Armor of God (1943)

If there is no difference between right and wrong, how can Hitler be wrong and how can we be right? Why are we at war, if it is not because right is more precious than life?

The Armor of God (1943)

Before you deny God, ask yourself why you deny Him. Is it because of the way you live? A poem of Arthur Hugh Clough satirized those who wish there was no God because He interferes with their dishonesty, their lawlessness, or their license.

The Armor of God (1943)

It makes no difference whether you have any rules in football; it depends upon how you play. It makes no difference whether you believe triangles have three sides; it depends on how you draw. Can we not see that if we believe wrongly, we will act wrongly?

The Armor of God (1943)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Fulton J. Sheen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.