Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.
A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better happier place than one where there are not.
Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.
Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies corruption is an issue today and we faithfully reflect those issues.
I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly we're not trying to create the perfect democracy. We're never going to create some ideal society. We are simply there for our own national security.
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
When life takes me on a new journey I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.
Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.
We're not all equal it's simply not true. That isn't science.
Traditionally scientists have treated the laws of physics as simply 'given ' elegant mathematical relationships that were somehow imprinted on the universe at its birth and fixed thereafter. Inquiry into the origin and nature of the laws was not regarded as a proper part of science.