"I think that there's going to be a rush to judgment on civil liberties, and a clamping down, a suspension of our democratic rights. And I believe that those who are good Americans would want to see this not happen and that we debate how to find a balance between the public safety and the protection of civil liberties."

-- Barbara Lee

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Rights Quotes

“This pause in time, within time ... When did I first experience the exquisite sense of surrender that is only possible with another person? The peace of mind one experiences on one's own, one's certainty of self in the serenity of solitude, are nothing in comparison to the release and openness and fluency one shares with another, in close companionship ...”
“The conscious attempt to be a good person without Christ is as legalistic as an attempt to make it into Heaven through empty religiosity.”
“Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the look of love which they crave.”
“What i literally cannot describe is the hollowness in my lungs when i am out of her presence. It is as if i were dying from the want of her.”

Source : Jed Rubenfeld (2007). “The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel”, p.235, Macmillan
“Abortion can never be safe. Any procedure where "success" means the killing of another human being can certainly not be safe.”
“There is too large a divergence at the moment in the interests and values of the world's most powerful states.”

Source : "A World Without Leadership: Ten Questions with Ian Bremmer (Part 1)". Interview with Ali Wyne, bigthink.com. May 6, 2012.
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same.”
“Pleasure, I remind myself, is inseparable from its lawfully wedded mate, pain.”

Source : T.C. Boyle (2001). “A Friend of the Earth”, p.21, Penguin

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