William P. Messenger > Quotes

“I continued to grow up from the day I first heard the song of Gilead. Eventually I came to realize that it is not an ointment that is the balm, but it is Christ himself—his compassion, his healing, his forgiveness, and his love for all people. Jesus, by rejecting violence and embracing mercy, became the way to peace.”
― William P. Messenger, Beleaguered Truth

“Beginning with Reagan, the term “common good” vanished from the American social and political discourse. Those few—mostly clergy—who used the term were ignored, ridiculed or accused of being communists. No one in political life would take that risk. For in the United States, probably nothing is more detrimental to a politician than to be painted as a socialist. Never mind that most Americans claim the United States is a Christian nation. Never mind that Jesus, himself, was unabashedly socialist. It does not play in the U.S.”
― William P. Messenger, Shattered Triangle

“The other passage is from one of the Council’s documents. ‘The horror and perversion of war are immensely magnified by the multiplication of scientific weapons . . . Such considerations compel us to undertake an evaluation of war with an entirely new attitude.”
― William P. Messenger, Beleaguered Truth

“The United States is, indeed, great. But no nation is the greatest. Only people overwhelmed with self-doubt feel a constant need to proclaim their superiority. And nobody knows that better than politicians. We play to that sentiment every election cycle.”
― William P. Messenger, Beleaguered Truth

“John XXIII wrote ‘Therefore, in this age of ours, which prides itself on its atomic power, it is irrational to think that war is a proper way to obtain justice for violated rights.”
― William P. Messenger, Beleaguered Truth