"Every politician, every member of the clerical profession, ought to incur the reasonable suspicion of being an interested supporter of false doctrines, who becomes angry at opposition, and endeavors to cast an odium on free inquiry. Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it."

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Source : Thomas Cooper (1829). “Lectures on the Elements of Political Economy ...”, p.375

Thomas Cooper

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“the only way to tolerate the thought of her mother sleeping with that man was to get drunk-very drunk.”
“Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.”
“My message is believe in yourself. Have courage in your capacity. Listen to your inner voice. And then the critical component of all this is, do the work.”
“The core of original sin, then is LOT - Lack of Trust. Or, it could be considered an innate inability to adequately value ourselves. Label it a 'negative self-image,' but do not say that the central core of the human soul is wickedness. ... positive Christianity does not hold to human depravity, but to human inability.”
“The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.”
“To isolate the revolutionary ideologues and their killers we must gain the trust of the majority of Muslims. This can only happen if they are treated as equal citizens, not just in theory, and have access to decent education and jobs.”

Source : "Europe's traditions of tolerance and multiculturalism put to test after Paris terror attacks". www.foxnews.com. February 19, 2015.
“There is one catagory of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections.”
“To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.”

Source : "Still More of Who Said That?". Book by Renie Gee, 1981.

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