"It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for."

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Source : CLARENCE DAY (1948). “THE BEST”

Clarence Day

#Freedom Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Rights Quotes

“Literature is a vast forest and the masterpieces are the lakes, the towering trees or strange trees, the lovely, eloquent flowers, the hidden caves, but a forest is also made up of ordinary trees, patches of grass, puddles, clinging vines, mushrooms, and little wildflowers.”

Source : "2666: A Novel". Book by Roberto Bolaño, 2008.
“While all is new, all is beautiful. That is a well-known song. Yes, and the next day the air changes into another one equally well known.”

Source : Octave Mirbeau (1911). “The Experiences of a Ladies' Maid”
“Environmentali sm isn't a spectator sport. You actually have to stand up and demand that we be vigilant in protecting our air and water.”
“You can't wake up one day and say 'I'm for gay marriage,' and wake up the next day and say 'I'm against it.' Wake up one day and say, 'I'm pro-choice,' and the next day wake up and say, 'I'm pro-life.' There's no credibility there.”
“If you say you had a zen moment, you already didn't.”
“The Sabbath day has become a day of pleasure, a day of boisterous conduct, a day in which the worship of God has departed, and the worship of pleasure has taken its place. I am sorry to say that many of the Latter-day Saints are guilty of this. We should repent.”

Source : Joseph Fielding Smith (1973). “Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings”
“I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.”

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