Roman Catholic Archdiocese For The Military Services

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    “It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.”
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    “Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood.”
    —Erica Jong (b. 1942)

    “In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.”
    —Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)

    “Those services which the community will most readily pay for, it is most disagreeable to render.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)