"The sewer is the conscience of the city."

-- Victor Hugo

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“If we're living in a free country,we should be free to do what we want to do if we're not hurting anyone else or their property. Why should I be incarcerated if I'm doing something that doesn't hurt anyone else?”
“If you want to change people by talking about God, then there is only one way: instead of teaching God, you must live God. Because: "teaching" God is unthinkable in any other way than the way you would teach love or poetry. You teach love only through love, poetry only through writing poetry, faith in God only through a contagious way of trusting.”

Source : "Jesus von Nazareth". Book by Eugen Drewermann, 1996.
“At that time we didn't have much movement within our team. [ Pit Riley] pushed us as much as he could from a mental stand point. He knew it was time to leave and for us as players we knew it was time to part ways.”
“Jesus was born again in the pit of hell. .. The church started when Jesus was born again in the gates of hell.”
“Keep in mind the public has been brainwashed, and nearly 80% of what is known about me is fantasy and self serving theories of the state. But overall, I am an embarrassment of the justice system because if I am right then they are wrong and the killers are still out there. For political reasons it would be better that I drop dead, then they could all say what a great job they've done, and nobody else would be pushing for the truth to come out.”
“I never thought I'd be acting. It's very accidental for me.”
“He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.”
“The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour”

Source : James Connolly, Peter Berresford-Ellis (1988). “James Connolly: Selected Writings”, p.145, Pluto Press

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