Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely. - Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

It is our deliberate opinion that the French Revolution, in spite of all its crimes and follies, was a great blessing to mankind.

But when the face of Sextus
Was seen among the foes,
A yell that rent the firmament
From all the town arose.
On the house-tops was no woman
But spat towards him and hissed,
No child but screamed out curses,
And shook its little fist.

She [the Catholic Church] thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.