Who stands fast? Only the man whose fina…

January 11th, 2010 § 1

Who stands fast? Only the man whose final standard is his principles, his conscience and his virtue, who is unwilling to sacrifice all this when he is called to responsible action. … The ultimate question is how we are to extricate ourselves heroically from the affair, not how the coming generation is to live.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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  • G says:

    I must be missing something Austin, what is Bonhoeffer talking about? Sounds like he’s saying that the next generation can worry about themselves.

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