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J. Budziszewski quotes: Like other people, anthropologists may see only what they want to see, even when what they want to see is nothing.

Like other people, anthropologists may see only what they want to see, even when what they want to see is nothing.

J. Budziszewski quotes: To many people today, however, rights are something to protect us against the demands of morality.

To many people today, however, rights are something to protect us against the demands of morality.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Experience assists wisdom because the universe has been designed to make it so.

Experience assists wisdom because the universe has been designed to make it so.

J. Budziszewski quotes: He is what He is and there was never a time when he wasn't.

He is what He is and there was never a time when he wasn't.

J. Budziszewski quotes: If it really were impossible to derive an ought from the is of the human design, then the practice of medicine would make no sense. Natural

If it really were impossible to derive an ought from the is of the human design, then the practice of medicine would make no sense. Natural

J. Budziszewski quotes: When, despite considerable intelligence, a thinker cannot think straight, it becomes very likely that he cannot face his thoughts.

When, despite considerable intelligence, a thinker cannot think straight, it becomes very likely that he cannot face his thoughts.

J. Budziszewski quotes: morality would be undermined without a belief in divine judgment, but

morality would be undermined without a belief in divine judgment, but

J. Budziszewski quotes: In the same way, filling a cavity restores to the tooth its natural function of chewing. Healing does not transcend our nature; it respects it.

In the same way, filling a cavity restores to the tooth its natural function of chewing. Healing does not transcend our nature; it respects it.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Even a liar's speech expresses something true; it may not tell us the state of the world, but it tells us the state of his heart.

Even a liar's speech expresses something true; it may not tell us the state of the world, but it tells us the state of his heart.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Jesus, I am sorry.

Jesus, I am sorry.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Trying to understand man without recognizing him as imago Dei is like trying to understand a bas-relief without recognizing it as a carving.

Trying to understand man without recognizing him as imago Dei is like trying to understand a bas-relief without recognizing it as a carving.

J. Budziszewski quotes: It is impossible to legislate without legislating morality. Try to think of a law that is not based on a moral idea; you won't be able to do it.

It is impossible to legislate without legislating morality. Try to think of a law that is not based on a moral idea; you won't be able to do it.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Though it always comes as a surprise to intellectuals, there are some forms of stupidity that one must be highly intelligent and educated to commit.

Though it always comes as a surprise to intellectuals, there are some forms of stupidity that one must be highly intelligent and educated to commit.

J. Budziszewski quotes: We have now sunk to a depth at which re-statement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. GEORGE ORWELL

We have now sunk to a depth at which re-statement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. GEORGE ORWELL

J. Budziszewski quotes: from a Second Vatican Council document: "The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man find true light.

from a Second Vatican Council document: "The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man find true light.

J. Budziszewski quotes: I believe in civility. But it is not a requirement of civility to pretend there is no war.

I believe in civility. But it is not a requirement of civility to pretend there is no war.

J. Budziszewski quotes: The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

J. Budziszewski quotes: A secular person treats as the Highest Standard something that isn't the Highest Standard.

A secular person treats as the Highest Standard something that isn't the Highest Standard.

J. Budziszewski quotes: No daycare center can duplicate a mother.

No daycare center can duplicate a mother.

J. Budziszewski quotes: As candle lights candle, [the spouses's] desire for each other kindles a desire for the Love of which their love is but a reflection.

As candle lights candle, [the spouses's] desire for each other kindles a desire for the Love of which their love is but a reflection.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Your worldview has to have the same shape that reality does.

Your worldview has to have the same shape that reality does.

J. Budziszewski quotes: If he makes humanity God and yet cries out against God's inhumanity, it is clear who has really been accused.

If he makes humanity God and yet cries out against God's inhumanity, it is clear who has really been accused.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Those who do not accept conscience as a teacher must face it as an accuser.

Those who do not accept conscience as a teacher must face it as an accuser.

J. Budziszewski quotes: There are some forms of stupidity that one must be highly intelligent and educated to achieve.

There are some forms of stupidity that one must be highly intelligent and educated to achieve.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Experience does not interpret itself.

Experience does not interpret itself.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Only good was created. Every evil thing is a good thing ruined. There are no other ways to get an evil thing.

Only good was created. Every evil thing is a good thing ruined. There are no other ways to get an evil thing.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Depraved conscience turns out to be as different from genuine ignorance as it is from honest recognition.

Depraved conscience turns out to be as different from genuine ignorance as it is from honest recognition.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Of course, for whatever is amiss in these pages (and there will be much), the blame is mine. But permit me to be grateful if anything in them is true.

Of course, for whatever is amiss in these pages (and there will be much), the blame is mine. But permit me to be grateful if anything in them is true.

J. Budziszewski quotes: The chief objection to playing God is that someone else is God already.

The chief objection to playing God is that someone else is God already.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Natural function and personal meaning are not alien to each other, they are connected. In

Natural function and personal meaning are not alien to each other, they are connected. In

J. Budziszewski quotes: An unsound thinker goes where his motives and interests invite him; a sound thinker goes where the argument takes him.

An unsound thinker goes where his motives and interests invite him; a sound thinker goes where the argument takes him.

J. Budziszewski quotes: To be evil at all, Satan needs good things he can abuse, things like intelligence, power and will. Those good things come from God.

To be evil at all, Satan needs good things he can abuse, things like intelligence, power and will. Those good things come from God.

J. Budziszewski quotes: Plurality without Design is merely chaos.

Plurality without Design is merely chaos.