"Sinful man really hopes when he no longer has anything of his own."

-- Johann Baptist Metz

#Hope Quotes #Men Quotes

“My attitude was and still is like that of David, who was ashamed that the armies of Israel would tremble before Goliath. Without hesitation he stepped forward with complete confidence in the God who had proven Himself to be faithful (1 Sam 17). For David, the size of the giant was irrelevant.”
“You need the activism. You need people who are organized and willing to bring light to injustices in society.”
“That is the earth, he thought. Not a globe thousands of kilometers around, but a forest with a shining lake, a house hidden at the crest of a hill, high in the trees, a grassy slope leading upwards from the water, fish leaping and birds strafing to take the bugs that lived at the border between water and sky. Earth was the constant noise of crickets, and winds, and birds”
“In America, the most important thing is that people have freedom. In restricted countries, the most important thing is what people do with freedom.”
“That's a question best put to Bernie Sanders himself, but I think that he will probably put forward ideas that are related to the corrupting role of Citizens United and Buckley versus Valeo court decisions and the need to restore a by-and-for-the-people republic envisioned in our Constitution instead of the of-, by- and for-the-most-powerful system that we have right now.”

Source : "Lone Senator To Endorse Bernie Sanders Reacts To Clinton Victory". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. June 8, 2016.
“Watching something being constructed, whether you're passing a building site or whether you're watching an artist at work, is fascinating, and I think that's the enjoyment.”
“It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.”
“When Freedom from her mountain-height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light. Flag of the free heart's hope and home! By angel hands to valour given! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us?”

Source : 'The American Flag' in New York Evening Post, 29 May 1819 (attributed also to Fitz-Greene Halleck)

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