"The United States furnishes the first example in history of a government deliberately depriving itself of all legislative control of religion."

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Source : Philip Schaff (1888). “Church and State in the United States ; Or, The American Idea of Religious Liberty and Its Practical Effects: With Official Documents”

Philip Schaff

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“My life may be encapsulated by one of Graham Greene's "entertainments" titles: 'Loser Takes All'. Since I was thrown out of highschool for political reasons, I was free to study on my own and develop my own ways of thinking.”
“While other kids played with cars and toys, I listened to music all day. I wanted to sing it and learn it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I loathe the expression â€œWhat makes him tick.â€ It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solutions, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.”
“Life doesn't offer you promises whatsoever so it's very easy to become, 'Whatever happened to... ?' It's great to be wanted. I spent a few years not being wanted and this is better.”
“The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can.”
“We had to figure out how to produce books in a cost-effective way.”
“There were no jewelry hidden. Walt wanted this atmosphere: They were supposed to live here, they've been outside somewhere, but they could come back at any minute and catch us.”
“If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.”

Source : Quoted in N.Y. Times, 8 Jan. 2001. One of "Rumsfeld's Rules."

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