Giles Fraser Quotes

• The essence of the divine being is not power but compassion and love. And it's this love, and this love only, that whispers to me in defiance of the darkness: all will be well, all manner of things will be well.

  Giles Fraser

  Compassion, Essence, Darkness

  "God is not the puppet master" by Giles Fraser, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 2005.

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• It is nonsense for the Government to allow any loopholes for religious homophobia. Bigotry is bigotry whether it's dressed up in the language of faith or not.

  Giles Fraser

  Religious, Government, Language

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• Religion is an affront to liberalism because it dares suggest it's not all about you.

  Giles Fraser

  Affront, Dare, Liberalism

  "No, I am not a liberal - I believe that community comes before the individual" by Giles Fraser, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2012.

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• That torture is wrong can never be the conclusion to any line of reasoning because it has to be a fundamental premise. Witnessing to the humanity of the other is the place where all moral reasoning must begin.

  Giles Fraser

  Humanity, Fundamentals, Lines

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