Quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick

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It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up.
Fosdick, Harry Emerson

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 marriage  

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He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers.
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 mothers  

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I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it. I hate war, and never again will I sanction or support another.
Fosdick, Harry Emerson

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 war  

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Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
Fosdick, Harry Emerson

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 freedom  liberty  

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Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
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 hate  

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