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Andrew Sullivan quotes

American Journalist August 10, 1963

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The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last. Andrew Sullivan
In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as an insight into truth rather than an obstacle. It is the great lie of our time that all religious faith has to be fundamentalist to be valid. Andrew Sullivan
It is a Bush administration official on the moment when torture breaks a victim: The job of the interrogator is to safely help the terrorist do his duty to Allah, so he then feels liberated to speak freely. From Neil Gaiman's account of a torturer in hell: We will hurt you. And we are not sorry. But we do not do it to punish you. We do it to redeem you. Because afterward, you'll be a better person ... and because we love you. One day you'll thank us for it. War is peace. Torture is freedom.... Andrew Sullivan
I don’t fit into any demographic, I never really have. But that’s true of lots of us, especially people my age and younger who’ve grown up with complicated identities, because life has gotten more complicated, and in which we don’t want to be defined by any single one of them, but are happy to present many facets of our interests and personalities. Andrew Sullivan
I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arrival; in conversation, not monologues; in multiple questions rather than any single answer. I believe in the struggle to remake ourselves and challenge each other in the spirit of eternal forgiveness, in the awareness that none of us knows for sure what happiness truly is, but each of us knows the imperative to keep searching. I believe in the possibility... Andrew Sullivan
If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers. Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan quote: "We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers..."
We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up. Andrew Sullivan
[T]he pied beauty of humanity should not be carved into acceptable and unacceptable based on things that simply make us who we are. Andrew Sullivan
Bush has legitimized a huge expansion of the welfare state, liberalizing immigration, and using force for democratization abroad. All the next Democratic president has to do to finish Bush's hard work is to raise taxes to pay for it all. Andrew Sullivan
Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism and mass murder? just as animals are not deemed morally responsible for killing. Insisting on the humanity of terrorists is, in fact, critical to maintaining their profound responsibility for the evil they commit. And, if they are human, then they must necessarily not be treated in an inhuman fashion. You cannot lower the moral baseline of a terrorist to the subhuman... Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan quote: "Even if it's deep unhappiness, it's your unhappiness."
Even if it's deep unhappiness, it's your unhappiness. Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan quote: "My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is..."
My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started. Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan quote: "In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely..."
In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual. Andrew Sullivan
Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold. Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan quote: "When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular..."
When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses. Andrew Sullivan

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