"These [eternal] principles, as embodied in the Bill of Rights, are like stars that always remain remote from every human realization but that, like stars, show the direction in which mankind must go. Once discovered, they cannot disappear again, although their theoretical and practical realization is always in process toward a higher perfection."
--Paul Tillich,
on why people who believe that America's imperfections
are sufficient proof of its corruption need to shut up.
