Since the general civilization of mankind I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.
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Jim Butcher
Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Son, never trust a man who doesn’t drink because he’s probably a self-righteous sort, a man who thinks he knows right from wrong all the time. Some of them are good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in...
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James Crumley
He must not merely cling to life, for then he will be a coward, and will not escape. He must not merely wait for death, for then he will be a suicide, and will not escape. He must seek his life in a spirit of...
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G.k. Chesterton
One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.--" Wanda
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Ouida
More Quotes By James Madison
Philosophy is common sense with big words.
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind, and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.]
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.]
Every new and successful example, therefore, of a perfect separation between the ecclesiastical and civil matters, is of importance; and I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and government will both exist...
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance...
