Election Promises

Famous quotes containing the words election and/or promises:

“Savages cling to a local god of one tribe or town. The broad ethics of Jesus were quickly narrowed to village theologies, which preach an election or favoritism.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised taste.”
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)