"To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian."

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Source : William Godwin (1798). “Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness: By William Godwin”, p.373

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“When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement of the human condition.”
“You are what you worship. There's something so true about that, with how we're operating as a culture in America. People believing in a wide variety of things, and rarely believing in the same thing. It gives us an opportunity to have a conversation: What is faith? What is belief? What is your personal responsibility for how you see yourself in the grander scheme of the universe, and life, and your contribution to it?”
“Words, too, have genuine substance -- mass and weight and specific gravity.”
“What a moron I was to think you were sweet and innocent, when it turns out you were actually college-educated the whole time!”
“...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.”
“The first week I was in Iraq, I said, "This is what I want to do. I want to be a reporter and to tell stories of people whose stories would not be told if we don't gather them." It's part of what I think of as the one-two punch of journalism. You're trying to give voice to the voiceless, and then you're also trying to hold those in power accountable, regardless of what party they're in.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I didn't mean to be a TV presenter, I just hated modeling. It feels very odd that it's turned into this 'It-girl' thing. What does that even mean? I wear clothes and I go out. It's so weird.”
“But how could you live and have no story to tell?”

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