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Источник: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 71
Контексте: We must not only seek to change the moral characters of individuals, we must make an intelligent and strenuous effort to change the present social system. Thought and energy must be devoted to the eradicating of all elements of our present system that are anti-social and unchristian...

The Personality of Jesus (1932)
Контексте: The victims of greed and exploitation will never get justice solely by relying upon the vision and generosity of those who hold power and seek their own gain. Power is blinding and corrupting and causes the slave-owner to imagine that it is his duty to perpetuate slavery. The victims of imperialism, in a world where national egotism and greed are rampant, must resort to coercive action if they are to secure freedom and justice.

The Personality of Jesus (1932)
Контексте: If men of our age will saturate themselves daily in the mind of Christ, will vividly recall the nobility of his manner of life, and will spend time in conscious communion with the God he so luminously reveals, life will take on richer meanings, and the task of building the new society will become more joyous and challenging.

Property (1935)
Контексте: If adequate incentives could be assured, public ownership and scientific operation of banking, sources of electric energy, basic natural resources, chief means of transportation and communication, and steel, would increase productivity enormously by national planning and correlating.

Источник: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 83
Контексте: The most tragic waste... is in the spiritual lives of men. Men who have the capacity for sonship and brotherhood are living as aliens and enemies, men who have the capacity for companionship are living as hermits, men who have the capacity for mighty victories are living as helpless slaves, men who have the capacity for service are living as parasites. Man is only a small fraction of what he might be.

Источник: The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921), Ch.6 p. 95
Контексте: For a disciple of Jesus, in each case the decision hinges upon the answer to the question, Is it Christian? Is it a thing that Jesus could do without sin? Is it in harmony with his teaching and desires? Can it be followed without violating his way of life? Is it such that he can use it, sanction it and bless it? If the devout monk had decided the question solely upon these grounds, he should not have used torture to conquer the heretic, the judge should not have used the stake to silence witches, the politician should not adopt the evil practices of his opponent, and if the Christian citizen uses this same test, he should not, in my opinion, use the sword in resisting the military despot.

Property (1935)

The Personality of Jesus (1932)
Контексте: Wherever in a home there is immaturity, lack of self-control, and anti-social stimuli, coercion may be necessary in order to safeguard the other members of the family, and to prevent remorse for irreparable wrongdoing. To say that restraint administered in love and with the welfare of all concerned vividly in mind is immoral, is to reduce society to anarchy and chaos.

Источник: Jesus or Christianity: A Study in Contrasts (1929), p. 23
Контексте: It seems incredible that a man with such a message and such nobility of character should have been killed as an enemy of society. But is it surprising?... In a memorable passage Jesus refers to the fact that it is customary for one generation to stone the prophets and for another to erect monuments in their honor.

Individualism and Socialism (1933)
Контексте: Forcible coercion is not necessarily a violation of the law of love, but I find it impossible to reconcile the intentional slaughter of any human being with the religious principle of reverence for personality, that is, respect for the personality of the dead man. Nor does active goodwill or the principle of mutuality justify the willful taking of a human life.

Источник: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 75

Individualism and Socialism (1933)

Must We Go to War? (1937)

An American Peace Policy (1925)

An American Peace Policy (1925)

An American Peace Policy (1925)

Now is the Time to Prevent a Third World War (1950)

Источник: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 28

Individualism and Socialism (1933)

"What is War?" (1924)

The Personality of Jesus (1932)

Источник: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 31

"What is War?" (1924)

Property (1935)

What Does God Want Us to Do About Russia? (1948)

Property (1935)

Foreword p. 9
The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921)

"What is War?" (1924)

Источник: The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921), Ch.4 p. 62