"Suppose there arise a dispute relative to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the most ancient Churches with which the apostles held constant intercourse, and learn from them what is certain and clear in regard to the present question? For how should it be if the apostles themselves had not left us writings? Would it not be necessary, in that case, to follow the course of the tradition which they handed down to those to whom they did commit the Churches?"

-- Irenaeus of Lyons

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“It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people.”
“The result of cutting [political power] up into little bits is simply that the man who can sweep the greatest number into one heap will govern the rest... In a pure democracy the ruling men will be the wirepullers and their friends; but they will no more be on an equality with the voters than soldiers of Ministers of State are on an equality with the subjects of monarchy.”

Source : James Fitzjames Stephen (1873). “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, p.240
“My name, Paloma, means 'dove' in Spanish. It stands as a symbol of peace and purity.”
“The gap between the young people and the rest of society is that... young people don't have hope.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have a computational quality to my mind, I suppose. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with video games. I reprogrammed games, and this eventually landed me a column in a magazine. That's how I got into print journalism: writing about video games.”
“Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.”
“When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.”
“Men are every bit as gendered as women.”

Source : "Fathers, Sons and Guns : An Interview With USC Sociologist and Author Michael Messner". Interview with Jackson Katz, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2011.

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