Scar tissue Quote by William Sloane Coffin

“Joy is the most important Christian emotion. Duty calls only when gratitude fails to prompt.”

— William Sloane Coffin

Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.

— 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…

— William Sloane Coffin

“A friend...risks her friendship for the sake of her friend.”

— 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…

— 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…

— William Sloane Coffin

We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.

— William Sloane Coffin

“And if we exalt freedom as Christians, we must remember that freedom is grounded in love.”

— 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…

— William Sloane Coffin

We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.

— William Sloane Coffin

Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.

— 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…

— William Sloane Coffin