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The preamble to the Constitution states: 'We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare...' It doesn't say 'guarantee the general welfare.' And it certainly doesn't say 'give welfare benefits to all the people in the country who aren't doing so well even if the reason they aren't doing so well is because they're sitting on their butts in front of the TV. Patrick Jake 'P.J.' O'Rourke		Wednesday Sep 23, 2026
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The first duty of love is to listen. Paul Johannes Tillich

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	Paul Johannes Tillich
	Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 - October 22, 1965) was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. Tillich was, along with contemporary Karl Barth, one of the most influential Protestant theologians of the twentieth century. Read More

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The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, Because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.

Boredom is rage spread thin.

Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.

There is no condition for forgiveness.

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.

Love that cares, listens.

The name of this infinite and inexhaustible depth and ground of all being is God.

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

The basic anxiety, the anxiety of a finite being about the threat of non-being, cannot be eliminated. It belongs to existence itself.

Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.

The first duty of love is to listen.