"Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce……" — Andrew Sullivan
"Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism and mass murder — just as animals are not deemed morally responsible for killing. Insisting on the humanity of terrorists is, in fact, critical to maintaining their profound responsibility for the evil they commit. And, if they are human, then they must necessarily not be treated in an inhuman fashion. You cannot lower the moral baseline of a terrorist to the subhuman without betraying a fundamental value."
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55 Quotes by Andrew Sullivan
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself.…
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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