But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness—each system only too delighted to find that the other is wicked—each only too glad that the sins give it the pretext for still deeper hatred and animosity.


Christianity, Diplomacy and War (1953), p. 43.

Herbert Butterfield Quotes

But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness—each system only too...

But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness—each system only too...

But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness—each system only too...

But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness—each system only too...