Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.
Interpretation
Religion plays a crucial role in maintaining societal peace and order, contributing to the overall happiness of people.
This quote emphasizes the importance of religion as a foundation for societal stability and governance. Samuel Chase argues that without the support of religion, the frameworks of government, peace, and the well-being of the community could be compromised, highlighting the intertwined relationship between faith and civil order.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about the role of faith in community building.
What is the good life? What is the good man? The good woman? What is the good society and what is my relation to it? What are my obligations to society? What is best for my children? What is justice? Truth? Virtue? What is my relation to nature, to death, to aging, to pain, to illness? How can I live a zestful, enjoyable, meaningful life? What is my responsibility to my brothers? Who are my brothers? What shall I be loyal to? What must I be ready to die for?
In the 18th century we knew how everything was done, but here I rise through the air, I listen to voices in America, I see men flying- but how is it done? I can't even begin to wonder. So my belief in magic returns.
There are two kinds of rebellion. The first is one in which the slave demands something that the tyrant has got. The second is one in which he demands something that the tyrant has not got.
The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary.
Total oblivion is the fate of almost everything in this world. I'm very likely to suffer that same fate; my work will probably not be remembered, and if any of it is, if any of those novels is fated to be one of those novels that is still being read 50 or 100 years after it was written, I've probably already written it.
To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.
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