“In the contest between religion and atheism, the
strength of religion is to recognize two apparently contrary forces in the
human soul: the power of injustice and the power, nonetheless, of our desire
for justice. The stubborn existence of injustice reminds us that man is not
God, while the demand for justice reminds us that we wish for the divine.
Religion tries to join these two forces together.”—American political
philosopher Harvey Mansfield, “Atheist Tracts,” The Weekly Standard,
Aug. 13, 2007
(Photo of Harvey Mansfield speaking at the Art Museum
at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, Mar. 3, 2017, taken by Gage Skidmore.)
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