"The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free. Everyone who comes to this island is entitled to the protection of English law, whatever oppression he may have suffered and whatever may be the colour of his skin."

-- William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

#War Quotes #Air Quotes #Law Quotes

“I believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, an that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire." (From Rebecca)”
“Yet what is more awesome: to believe that God created everything in six days, or to believe that the biosphere came into being on its own, with no creator, and partially lawlessly? I find the latter proposition so stunning, so worthy of awe and respect, that I am happy to accept this natural creativity in the universe as a reinvention of 'God.'”
“Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all the stupid people.”
“I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.”
“Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest.”
“The challenges surrounding HIV and AIDS are getting more complex and mature, and we just can't stick our heads in the sand and say 'it can't happen to me.'”
“Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.”
“Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.”

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