Hannah

“For what is friendship but the discovery that I don’t want to tell my story—can’t tell my story—without your story?”
― Stanley Hauerwas, The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson

“America is Rome, by which I mean we are a country that is so powerful that we can do what we want to do to other people and not fear the consequences.”
― Stanley Hauerwas, The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson

“Even when you’re critical of the use of American power, it’s still hard to learn to resist identifying with such a powerful country. One can’t help but be tempted to believe that the problem is not having so much power but the uses to which that power is put. You may find it almost impossible to resist the thought that your task is to make the power of America serve the good.”
― Stanley Hauerwas, The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson

“That baseball is the great American sport indicates that there is hope even for America. Americans pride themselves on speed, but speed is often just another name for violence.”
― Stanley Hauerwas, The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson