"Get masters of families to do their duty, and they will not only spare you a great deal of labor, but will much further the success of your labors. You are not like to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation. Some little religion there may be, here and there; but while it is confined to single persons, and is not promoted in families, it will not prosper, nor promise much future increase."

-- Richard Baxter

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“It is the duty of the Judge in criminal trials to take care that the verdict of the jury is not founded upon any evidence except that which the law allows.”
“Figuring things out for yourself is practically the only freedom anyone really has nowadays. Â Use that freedom.”

Source : "Fictional character: Jean Rasczak". "Starship Troopers", www.imdb.com. November 4, 1997.
“[the war in Iraq] "could have terrifically good effects troughout the Middle East”
“The Christian faith is ultimately not only a matter of doctrine or understanding or of intellect, it is a condition of the heart.”
“Now, I can't help but feel inferior. When I'm out in public in Afghanistan, I feel inferior because I'm doing everything I can to stay hidden, silent. I feel inferior because I am seeing firsthand the impact of America's foreign policy and can't help but feel like a living, breathing representation of that - despite my own personal views about that policy. It reinforces to me that I want to be part of the solution - and I want my work to be part of the solution - not part of the problem.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it.”
“Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. I confess to having yielded to these pressures.”
“Events are not a matter of chance.”

Source : Robert St. John, Gamal Abdel Nasser (1960). “The boss: the story of Gamal Abdel Nasser”

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