Law is a process. If there is equality of process for everybody, then that's our definition of justice. Whether or not what… — Francis George Copy Share Image
The presumption that the law can tell us what natural institution is supposed to be is a formula for totalitarianism. There's not… — Francis George Copy Share Image
There is the enormous corpus of Islamic law that is very rich. However, law is one rational exercise of reason. Philosophy is… — Francis George Copy Share Image
Every faith uses some kind of tool to understand itself better. Faith seeks understanding. The Western tradition has used philosophy to understand… — Francis George Copy Share Image
Religion doesn't start with a set of laws or rules and it doesn't start with a set of ideas. It starts with… — Francis George Copy Share Image
In our country [US] equality means your liberal and freedom means you're conservative. That tension is there and it can't be handled… — Francis George Copy Share Image
God's is the causality at the level of our being, and therefore the roots of our freedom. Ours in causality is determinative of what… — Francis George Copy Share Image
The fact that God knows everything does not mean that He is directly causing everything. He respects our freedom at our level. He makes… — Francis George Copy Share Image
If you're going to say you're Catholic, you inform your conscience so that you're activities will conform to what God is telling us through… — Francis George Copy Share Image
So, in every case if you really love someone there is an element of submission to them because you want what's best for them,… — Francis George Copy Share Image
That question in marriage is mutual submission, really - the next verse goes on: "husbands love your wife as Christ loves the Church." — Francis George Copy Share Image
Equality, therefore, becomes the criterion because we can handle all that in process, but we can't handle that as principle without infringing on freedom. — Francis George Copy Share Image
Law is a process. If there is equality of process for everybody, then that's our definition of justice. Whether or not what is done… — Francis George Copy Share Image
He [God] made us free, and He respects that. It is two different spheres of causality. Interdependent, though. It is not two boxes looking… — Francis George Copy Share Image
Christ didn't leave us a book of instructions; He left us a body, a family - a Church. If it were perfectly clear, there… — Francis George Copy Share Image
From a Christian perspective, the answer to all of that is not power, as it is in the modern perspective. It's love. It's self-sacrifice.… — Francis George Copy Share Image
The presumption that the law can tell us what natural institution is supposed to be is a formula for totalitarianism. There's not equality in… — Francis George Copy Share Image
The trust is a matter of love and faith is a matter of truth. The two together give you the guidance that you look… — Francis George Copy Share Image
![“In our country [US] equality means your liberal and freedom means you're conservative. That tension is there and it can't be handled on its own terms. It can't be handled as you go out of that and go back into natural institutions or natural law or divine revelation. Something outside of the…” quote by Francis George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fed/francis-george-23460_conservative_in-our-country-us-equality-means-your-li_2557310.jpg)
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