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> [It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/it-s-so-much-easier-to-beat-your-breast-than-to-stick-your-neck-out/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

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## More by William Sloane Coffin

> [“Joy is the most important Christian emotion. Duty calls only when gratitude fails to prompt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/joy-is-the-most-important-christian-emotion-duty-calls-only-when/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/every-nation-makes-decisions-based-on-self-interest-and-defends-them/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/it-is-one-thing-to-say-with-the-prophet-amos-let-justice-roll-down/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [“A friend...risks her friendship for the sake of her friend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/a-friend-risks-her-friendship-for-the-sake-of-her-friend/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [“We are not slaves but children of our Father, free to do good, free to sin. So when in anguish over any human violence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/we-are-not-slaves-but-children-of-our-father-free-to-do-good-free-to/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [In our time all it takes for evil to flourish is for a few good men to be a little wrong and have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/in-our-time-all-it-takes-for-evil-to-flourish-is-for-a-few-good-men/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/we-have-sold-our-birthright-of-freedom-and-justice-for-a-mess-of/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [“And if we exalt freedom as Christians, we must remember that freedom is grounded in love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/and-if-we-exalt-freedom-as-christians-we-must-remember-that-freedom/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [“It is terribly important to realize that the leap of faith is not so much a leap of thought as of action. For while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/it-is-terribly-important-to-realize-that-the-leap-of-faith-is-not-so/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/we-must-be-governed-by-the-force-of-law-not-by-the-law-of-force/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/only-reverence-can-restrain-violence-reverence-for-human-life-and-the/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [“But what I am beginning to suspect is that most guilty people reject the possibility of forgiveness not because it is too good to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/but-what-i-am-beginning-to-suspect-is-that-most-guilty-people-reject/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [Of God's love we can say two things: it is poured out universally for everyone from the Pope to the loneliest wino on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/of-god-s-love-we-can-say-two-things-it-is-poured-out-universally-for/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [“And if God is a suffering God, if this whole universe is borne on a heart infinite in compassion, then the more we suffer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/and-if-god-is-a-suffering-god-if-this-whole-universe-is-borne-on-a/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

> [“...love does have a reward. Just as the proper benefits of education are the opportunities of continuing education, so the rewards of loving are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/love-does-have-a-reward-just-as-the-proper-benefits-of-education-are/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

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