"The way even movements change is stunning: Chinese communist capitalists? Evangelicals deciding to be nice to gay people?"

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Frank Schaeffer

#Nice Quotes #Gay Quotes #People Quotes

“The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of itâ€™s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”
“Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS...”
“It's characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking, of course, the majority is always wrong.”
“All freedoms provided by democracy are for those who believe in it. Can the rights and freedoms of millions of virtuous people who believe in democracy be safeguarded if those who seek to destroy it abuse rights and freedoms to achieve their goals?”

Source : "TURKEY: An Uneasy Honeymoon" by William E. Smith, content.time.com. September 29, 1980.
“Every once in a while your world stands still... There are certain friendships that are so important they leave a mark on you long after the person is gone.”
“The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal.”

Source : Louis Agassiz (1873). “Geological Sketches”, p.234
“Some people are genetically programmed to be difficult.”
“I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs.”

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