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In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.

~Geoffrey Fisher

Topics: Alone Civilized Civilized Society Crimes God Likely Man Most Ought Responsibility Sins Society Treated Ultimate

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Until you know that life is interesting - and find it so - you haven't found your soul.

~Geoffrey Fisher

Topics: Find Found Interesting Know Life Soul Until You Your

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This country and the Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from the Kingdom of Heaven.

~Geoffrey Fisher

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I hope that by going to visit the pope I have enabled everybody to see that the words Catholic and Protestant, as ordinarily used, are completely out of date. They are almost always used now purely for propaganda purposes. That is why so much trouble is caused by them.

~Geoffrey Fisher

Topics: Almost Always Catholic Caused Date Everybody Going Hope Much Now Ordinarily Out Pope Propaganda Protestant Purely Purposes See Them Trouble Used Visit Why Words I Hope That

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My feelings are those of a schoolboy getting in sight of the holidays. Or more seriously, my feelings are perhaps those of a matador who has decided not to enter the bull ring.

~Geoffrey Fisher

Topics: Bull Decided Enter Feelings Getting Holidays More Perhaps Ring Schoolboy Seriously Sight Those Who

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The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder.

~Geoffrey Fisher

Topics: Anyone Capital Capital Punishment Controversy Distressing Long Meditating Over Punishment Unfair Very

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Once you start, there is no end to who is to go in and who is to be left out.

~Geoffrey Fisher

Topics: End Go Left Once Out Start Who You

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I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural bent. I have no doubt at all: It is to look at each day for the evil of that day and have a go at it, and that is why I have never failed to have an acute interest in each morning's letters.

~Geoffrey Fisher

Topics: Acute Asked Bent Day Doubt Each Each Day Evil Failed Go Interest Lately Letters Look Morning Myself Natural Never No Doubt Once Twice Why

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Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book.

~Geoffrey Fisher

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Some of the press who speak loudly about the freedom of the press are themselves the enemies of freedom. Countless people dare not say a thing because they know it will be picked up and made a song of by the press. That limits freedom.

~Geoffrey Fisher

Topics: About Because Countless Dare Enemies Freedom Know Limits Loudly Made People Picked Press Say Some Song Speak Themselves Thing Up Who Will

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Clergyman

Born: May 5th, 1887

Died: September 15th, 1972

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