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The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception. – Baron Manfred von Richthofen ("Red Baron")	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave. – Homer	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation. – Bertrand Russell	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It is one thing to decry the rat race...that is the good and honorable work of moralists. It is quite another thing to quit the rat race, to drop out, to refuse to run any further--that is the work of the individualist. It is offensive because it is impolite it makes the rebuke personal the individualist calls not his or her behavior into question, but mine. – Paul Gruchow	added by anonymous 14 years ago
As a sinner I could not please God, I could not neutralize or pay for my own sin. But when God justified me by His grace He went on record declaring me righteous. He didn't wave a magic wand and declare me to be innocent. His holiness would not permit it. A basis for declaring me righteous was needed. The ground upon which my justification is built is the substitutionary death of His son, Jesus Christ. The shedding of blood demonstrates the righteousness of God 'that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus' (Rom. 326 NKJV). What a marvelous plan Man's plan of salvation by good works is offensive to God and to anyone who has been saved by God's grace. – Larry Riemersma	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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