"I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will."

-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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“who want to benefit from the commonwealth must contribute to the common purse.”
“Something dies in us every time we change. To make space for the true, familiar well-worn habits must give way.”
“There is no reason why the profoundest thoughts should not make easy and exciting reading. A profound thought is an exciting thing as exciting as a detective's deductions or hunches. The simpler the words in which a thought is expressed the more stimulating its effect.”
“Challenges that tax our faith are usually opportunities to stretch and strengthen our faith by finding out if we really believe the Lord will help us.”
“This freedom, this liberty, this beautiful and terrible thing, needful to man as air, usable as earth.”

Source : Robert Hayden (2013). “Collected Poems”, p.62, W. W. Norton & Company
“Since Moses was in Egypt land, Gods people have been struggling for justice while singing freedom songs. Theology can be clarifying. A good sermon has its place. But nothing is more essential for the life of faith in a community than liturgy that invites us to sing the freedom songs that are sung around the throne of God. Brother Ken Sehested is a song leader in that great cloud of witnesses. Receive his words as gift-and keep singing.”
“It is an occupational risk of biologists to claim, towards the end of their careers, that the problems which they have not solved are insoluble.”

Source : John Maynard Smith (1988). “Games, sex and evolution”, Prentice Hall
“I think films are about having a good time, so I don't know that there's a message. The message of a film is always what a critic writes, and the fun of a film or the emotion of a film is what the audience feels.”

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