"Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments."

-- Charles Carroll of Carrollton

#Christian Quotes #Government Quotes #Sublime Quotes

“Statistics is the grammar of science.”
“Reproduction is so primitive and fundamental a function of vital organisms that the mechanism by which it is assured is highly complex and not yet clearly understood. It is not necessarily connected with sex, nor is sex necessarily connected with reproduction.”
“One of the effects it [cocaine] had on my personality - my moods, my behaviors - was that it inhibited me a lot. It kind of took possibilities out of my world, and made the focus of things very narrow.”
“A new educational system in which all children born shall have the same advantage of physical, industrial, mental and moral culture, and thus be equally prepared at maturity to enter upon active, responsible and useful lives. . . . In so doing, it strikes a fatal blow at . . . the most demoralizing of all monopolies. . . educational superiority.”
“These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.”
“The point is that religion puts a value on irrationality, which makes it the perfect tool for promoting irrational beliefs like misogyny. Other ideologies can be challenged with evidence and reason, but religion is allowed a pass by most people. And that's why it's especially dangerous.”
“Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.”

Source : "We're All Gleeks - 10 Questions for Glee Co-Creator Brad Falchuk". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. December 7, 2009.
“London is like a woman with too many years to encourage confession.”

Source : Louise Closser Hale, Walter Hale (1915). “We Discover New England”, New York, Dodd, Mead

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