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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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224 |
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AUTHOR:
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Herbert Butterfield (1900–79) |
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QUOTATION:
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But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness—each system only too delighted to find that the other is wicked—each only too glad that the sins give it the pretext for still deeper hatred and animosity. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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HERBERT BUTTERFIELD, Christianity, Diplomacy and War, p. 43 (1953). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Civilization |
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