"I am willing to accept that there are women out there who say they have chosen to sell sex. But they are in the minority, and laws are there to protect the majority. In this case, the majority of women in prostitution want to get out, and suffer violence and exploitation. If there are women who have made a free choice, there are more who have had no choice."

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Source : Source: www.theguardian.com

Jacqui Smith

#Choices Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Violence Quotes

“It has been said that the question, 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' is so profound that it would occur only to a metaphysician, yet so simple that it would occur only to a child.”

Source : Jim Holt (2012). “Why Does the World Exist?: One Man's Quest for the Big Answer”, p.4, Profile Books
“Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.”
“Our young people will learn more about the cult of militarism in this short and accurate book by Joel Andreas than they might learn in their first twelve years of schooling.”

Source : Blase Bonpane (2004). “Common Sense for the Twenty-first Century”
“No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.”
“The Guild is the authoritative voice of American writers.”
“If you've got just a little bit of faith as a grain of mustard seed, and begin to praise God - that faith will mount up, until fear won't be able to stay in your heart.”
“What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be short sighted as to not be able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.”
“If something feels right, I do it. If it feels wrong, I don't. It's really very, very simple, but you've got to be willing to take your chances doing stuff that may look crazy to other people - or not doing something that looks right to others but just feels wrong to you.”

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