"The truth is that the fall of Napoleon is the hardest blow that our taxing system ever felt. It is now impossible to make people believe that immense fleets and armies are necessary."

-- William Cobbett

#Military Quotes #Believe Quotes #Fall Quotes

“Instead of viewing God as one who helps me accomplish my purposes, it is now my joy to help God accomplish the divine purpose - seeking the best for others and seeking the growth of the beloved, which is to say everyone.”
“How pitiable is it to reflect, that although you were so fully convinced of the benevolence of the Father of Mankind, and of his equal and impartial distribution of these rights and privileges, which he hath conferred upon them, that you should at the same time counteract his mercies, in detaining by fraud and violence so numerous a part of my brethren, under groaning captivity and cruel oppression, that you should at the same time be found guilty of that most criminal act, which you professedly detested in others, with respect to yourselves”

Source : Letter to Thomas Jefferson on slavery, August 19, 1791.
“Every morning is good news, every child that is born is good news, every just man is good news, every singer is good news, because every singer is one less soldier.”
“As electricity is a great power in the world, so the inner mind is the greatest power available to you. Neither operates independently; both depend upon a separate agency to ignite them to action, and both bring helpful or harmful results according to the wisdom or ignorance with which they are directed.”
“You can spend your life looking over your shoulder or you can look ahead. I choose to look ahead”
“"Then what can you want to do now?" said the old lady,gaining courage. "I wants to make your flesh creep," replied the boy.”
“If Abu Bakr is dead and Umar is Caliph, then we hear and obey.”
“You can see a lot about our mission on our website, but the basic idea is that the church believes that understanding human beings and the Earth requires not only faith but also reason, and not only philosophical reason but also scientific reason.”

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