"The ideal of progress, freedom of thought, and the decline of ecclesiastical power go together."

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Source : J. B. Bury (2014). “A History of Freedom of Thought (Illustrated)”, p.141, Lulu Press, Inc

J. B. Bury

#Progress Quotes #Atheism Quotes #Together Quotes

“I'm named after Jane Austen's Emma, and I've always been able to relate to her. She's strong, confident but quite tactless.”
“When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.”
“There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.”

Source : Ben Horowitz (2014). “The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers”, p.9, Harper Collins
“Two presidents pursued human rights policies that were serious and effective: Reagan and George W. Bush. They understood that American support for human rights activists is a moral imperative for us and also makes the world safer for us.”

Source : "Obama’s Human Rights Disaster". Interview with Jamie Glazov, archive.frontpagemag.com. August 25, 2009.
“And I've been waiting for you, because I couldn't do anything else. And we've both known that we would meet again, and then it would be all over with life and everything that gave our existence meaning and tension. A secret of the kind that lurks between the two of us has extraordinary power. It burns through the fabric of life like a scorching beam, and yet at the same time it also gives it tensile strength. It forces us to live.”
“Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education.”
“What i'm trying to get at is that to me nothing felt glamorous or exciting or sexually liberating about it. I also think the amount of money you can make escorting is exaggerated (it wasn't uncommon for me to see ads for escorts for 40-60$/hr where I live.)”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Initially, in starting to pick the songs for the live show, it was really a matter of picking songs that I loved over the years. As far as the album goes, it happened very naturally.”

Source : Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. June 23, 2016.

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