The Pope's speech to the German Parliament

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http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_listening_heart
As ever, the man is worth listening to. But the responses in the comments thread just show how bloody useless it is to deliver intellectually distinguished and morally valuable speeches in a world where most people know no history but are stuffed full of out-of-context factoids and believe themselves entitled to judge.

Comments

Re: Five

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Jefferson and the other founders took the existing democratic institutions and ideals and developed them further, breaking away from those modern tyrannical examples. That is exactly in keeping with the spirit of his quote: namely, times change and institutions progress. He also anticipated future improvements and changes after his death...which is exactly what happened.