“The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society.”
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter
Second Series, p. 186
Life Is Worth Living (1951–1957)
“Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.”
Source: I Am the Messenger
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