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No word in our language — not even "Socialism"— has been employed more loosely than "Mysticism."

— William Ralph Inge Christian Mysticism (1899)

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There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."

More Lay Thoughts of a Dean (1931)

The fruit of the tree of knowledge, always drives man from some paradise or other.

Outspoken Essays (1919)

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

Outspoken Essays (1919)

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.

Outspoken Essays (1919)

It is becoming impossible for those who mix at all with their fellow-men to believe that the grace of God is distributed denominationally.

Outspoken Essays (1919)

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Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Winston Churchill

In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country and that every act of its rulers must be excused, if not imitated.

George Orwell

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