Andrew Figueiredo

“Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.”
― Reinhold Niebuhr

“Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces.”
― Christopher Dawson

“The family is a haven in a heartless world.”
― Christopher Lasch

“Patriotism at its best, inspired by a history of shared sacrifice in a shared country, was not racist or exclusionary; it was democratic, civic-minded, and inclusive, devoid of the hatred that so often arises out of communities based on race or ethnicity.”
― William Leach