"The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion - except for the sect that can win political power."

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Source : Zorach v. Clauson (dissenting opinion) (1952)

Robert H. Jackson

#Country Quotes #Winning Quotes #Political Quotes

“It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people.”
“The tribal attitude said, and continues to say, that Gay people are especially empowered because we are able to identify with both sexes and can see into more than one world at once, having the capacity to see from more than one point of view at a time. And that is also an Indian way of seeing.”

Source : Judy Grahn (1990). “Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds”
“I listened to a lot of Michael Jackson growing up. A lot of Boyz II Men. I loved Mariah Carey. Just big vocalists. I was always that kid who just wore whatever and did whatever.”
“The idea of equal rights was in the air.”

Source : "The Progress of Fifty Years". Last public speech, to the Congress of Women at the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition (World's Fair), Chicago, Illinois, 1893.
“People like head trauma. They love knockouts. The crowd is silent, silent, silent... and then a knockout happens, and everyone goes native. There would be far fewer knockouts without the gloves.”
“Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way.”
“Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping.”
“There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun.”

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