Mark Hatfield Quotes

#1. As a Christian, there is no other part of the New Right ideology that concerns me more than its self-serving misuse of religious faith.

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#2. The New Right, in many cases, is doing nothing less than placing a heretical claim on Christian faith that distorts, confuses, and destroys the opportunity for a biblical understanding of Jesus Christ and of his gospel for millions of people.

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#3. I want to caution that we must not confuse patriotism with blind endorsement of bad policies.

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#4. Yes, I'm of the old guard, liberal Republican.

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#5. Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security.

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#6. Our problem is not the lack of knowing; it is the lack of doing. Most people know far more than they think they do

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#7. Having seen war, you obviously learned to hate war.

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#8. For the Christian man to reason that God does not want him involved in politics because there are too many evil men in government is as insensitive as for a Christian doctor to turn his back on an epidemic because there are too many germs there.

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