We cannot leave history entirely to nonclinical observers and to professional historians.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
But we cannot just take this historical fact for granted. We must make it live.
It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims.
In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we are already sure our making and holding the Negroes our slaves, as we do, cannot be vindicated by any thing we can find there, but is condemned by the whole of divine revelation.
If we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder? Can we have it against other things?
There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.
Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing.
Conduct, which involves a decision of the ultimate fate of the agent cannot be based on illusions.
Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.
I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of substance in general.
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.
Europe has united, China is growing speedily and Russia possesses immense power in terms of fuel resources. The US administration cannot do anything about it.
Increased jobs are the consequence of increased trade. Increasing jobs more than output implies a fall in productivity and standards of living. That surely cannot be our goal.
You cannot win the democratic nomination if you are not trusted on the most important issue to democratic voters.
Democracy, good governance and modernity cannot be imported or imposed from outside a country.
