"Still - and for all Obama's heavy hinting to the contrary - Islam has no "human rights." The ideas of individual rights and the dignity of man are distinctly Western, an outgrowth of the Enlightenment. And while dialogue is dignified; dhimmitude is not, even if it achieves a desired, if temporary, effect."

-- Ilana Mercer

#Men Quotes #Rights Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.”

Source : "Marilyn Johnson: The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, And The Perverse Pleasures Of Obituaries" by Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. March 21, 2006.
“We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.”

Source : François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.168
“To her friends said the Bright one in chatter, "I have learned something new about matter: My speed was so great, Much increased was my weight, Yet I failed to become any fatter!"”
“You know that murder is wicked. If you saw your master kill a man, do you suppose this would be any excuse for you, if you should commit the same crime?”

Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc
“One of the greatest challenges for all of us is to learn how to live in the world without participating in all that it offers. Worldly standards will always be in a state of flux. The only true and unchanging standards are those set by the Savior and His teachings of the restored gospel.”
“For justice to have any meaning, it must also mean that no innocent person should ever be executed...”
“What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?”

Source : Logan Pearsall Smith (1931). “Afterthoughts”
“I think there was always that question mark of why am I not in St. Louis anymore? I think everybody had those questions and probably had those perceptions of me.”

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