"The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence"

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Source : Moses Mendelssohn (2013). “Jerusalem: Or on Religious Power and Judaism”, p.45, Brandeis University Press

Moses Mendelssohn

#Use Quotes #States Quotes #Beneficence Quotes

“If sin rules in me, God's life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed.”
“A life is a moment in season. A life is one snowfall. A life is one autumn day. A life is the delicate, rapid edge of a closing door's shadow. A life is a brief movement of arms and of legs.”
“Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.”
“My mom was always late. It drove me crazy as a child. So I'm always on time - or early.”
“A meeting between two people who complete each other, who are made for each other, borders already, in my opinion, on a miracle.”
“People who won't sign the taxpayer protection pledge, people who won't sign the property-rights protection pledge, people who won't sign the state-sovereignty pledge, who won't put their beliefs in writing, who won't endorse the Freedom Agenda, we should be asking them some very very hard questions. Very hard questions. Because you know what, they get away with it. We hear what goes on in closed doors in Olympia. We hear them say the opposite of what they say publicly.”
“What we want is clothing we think we can fly in. That's why I opened the show with flying dresses.”
“What an incredible thing! How much less they had than other human beings. Mentally retarded, deaf, mute - and still eagerly sanding benches.”

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