by TA Barlow | Dec 11, 2024 | Quotes, Tracking Citations
This quote has been floating around on the interwebs recently, attributed to John Rawls: The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice. The quote seems to be derived from Rawls’ 1971 book A Theory of Justice. The source...
by TA Barlow | Nov 7, 2024 | Quotes, Tracking Citations
In a debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History on September 9, 2009, the late sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson offered this (this may not be the only citable source for this quote – note that, in the fuller quotation included later in this post, he says...
by TA Barlow | Nov 2, 2024 | Quotes, Tracking Citations
This quote is sometimes provided as an “it’s been said” sort of attribution, without any citation, and there are multiple variants of the wording itself. Generally, it is understood to originate in the writings of the Spanich-American philosopher...
by TA Barlow | Sep 11, 2024 | Quotes, Tracking Citations
I first encoutnered this quote in an article by Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, current (as of 2024) President of Sojourners. The article, titled A ‘Nonconforming Minority Can Defeat Christian Nationalism, is posted here. Here’s the full quote from the article:...
by TA Barlow | Mar 26, 2024 | Christian Nationalism, Quotes, Tracking Citations
This is a valid quotation, and Dr. Graham offers it as he is recalling his interactions with Rev. Jerry Falwell, the leader of the Moral Majority Inc. “I told him to preach the Gospel. That’s our calling. I want to preserve the purity of the Gospel and the...
by TA Barlow | Mar 17, 2024 | Quotes, Tracking Citations
The 1995 movie The Usual Suspects has a great line in it, spoken by Kevin Spacey’s character near the end: The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. Where did this come from? Was it Baudelaire? Sort of, but variants go...
