"The West has given us the liberal miracle of individual rights, individual responsibility, merit, and human satisfaction."

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Source : Ibn Warraq (2010). “Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays”

Ibn Warraq

#Responsibility Quotes #Rights Quotes #Miracle Quotes

“I love you so much â€¦ I donâ€™t want to live a single moment without you at my side.”
“I'm embracing the punk. There's so much punk style in everything we do and wear everyday; we just never have the chance to do it all the way.”
“It seems to me, then, that vulnerability and and self-disclosure are at the heart of what we understand about the nature of God. And the reason I believe gay and lesbian people are spiritual people is that we too have participated in vulnerability and self-disclosure, especially in the process of coming-out. When someone shares with you who they really, really are, it is a special offering. To do so when it risks rejection is a profound, holy gift.”

Source : Gene Robinson (2012). “God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage”, p.109, Vintage
“There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.”
“The people I admire most are those who struggle for everyone.”
“The great task of the peace is to work morals into it. The only sort of peace that will be real is one in which everybody takes his share of responsibility. World organizations and conferences will be of no value unless there is improvement in the relation of men to men.”
“A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.”
“The very first film I ever saw was during the war. My mother took me, I must have been about 4, and that was Beau Geste, with Gary Cooper.”

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