"The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought."

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Source : John Jay Chapman (1921). “William Lloyd Garrison”

John Jay Chapman

#Years Quotes #Political Quotes #Twenties Quotes

“You can be standing right in front of the truth and not necessarily see it, and people only get it when they're ready to get it.”

Source : "The Beatles Anthology". Book by The Beatles (p. 267), September 2000.
“The only thing we are sure to fail is that which we do not attempt”
“All writers - all people - have their stores of private and family legends which lie like a collection of half-forgotten, often violent toys on the floor of memory.”
“The efficacy of religion lies precisely in what is not rational, philosophic, nor eternal; its efficacy lies in the unforeseen, the miraculous, the extraordinary. Thus religion attracts more devotion according as it demands more faith - that is to say, as it becomes more incredible to the profane mind.”
“People like being alike, joining up, and being part of something.”

Source : Interview with David Jacob Kramer, believermag.com. June 1, 2009.
“I found in rules of mathematics a peace and a trust that I could not place in human beings. This sublimation was total and remained total.”
“Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate.”
“Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light of their ethical traditions. When churches become cozy with the state, they lose the capacity and the will to criticize unjust policies.”

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