The moderns say we must not punish heretics. My only doubt is whether we have the right to punish anybody else.

G.k. Chesterton
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  2. To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

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