Verily, civilized patriots strain gnats and swallow camels! - Kirby Page

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Verily, civilized patriots strain gnats and swallow camels!

Kirby Page

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About Kirby Page

Kirby Page (1890 – 1957) was an author, minister and peace activist who argued in favor of democratic socialism as integral to the Social Gospel.

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All of our boasted wealth, wonderful inventions and incalculable mechanical power will prove to be an unstable foundation if we continue to dwell together in strife—individual against individual, class against class, nation against nation.

No more thrilling challenge confronts the people of this generation than that inherent in the crusade to abolish war and to create adequate international organization.

Religious people must be brought to a vivid realization of their awful guilt in sanctioning and supporting an economic system that is the direct antithesis of their religious ideals.