"It is the darling delusion of mankind that the world is progressive in religion, toleration, freedom, as it is progressive in machinery."

-- Moncure D. Conway

#World Quotes #Progressive Quotes #Darling Quotes

“More than anything, I think the best thing you can do as an artist is just stay as true to yourself as possible and hope that your fan base will appreciate that.”

Source : "Primus' Les Claypool". Interview with John Semley, music.avclub.com. October 13, 2011.
“A compassionate open home is part of Christian responsibility, and should be practiced up to the level of capacity.”
“Well I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one way or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And, you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there. But thatâ€™s how I was raised and I believe that it should be between a man and a woman.”

Source : "My Voltaire Moment" by Stephen Robert Morse, www.motherjones.com. June 11, 2009.
“My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2011.
“The education that you give to the upper classes will not uproot idolatry and prejudice, for it is amongst the masses that the error and prejudice will always maintain their power, and while you do not uproot those prejudices from the hearts of the masses, a handful of educated Hindus will never be able successfully to reform the country.”

Source : Speech delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington Butts, London, May 24, 1870.
“Michele Bachmann says God made the earthquake and hurricane to punish us. Untrue - he made Michele Bachmann for that.”

Source : FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Aug 29, 2011
“Actor of the low IQ, let's hear your view.”
“Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.”

Source : William Wordsworth (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Wordsworth (Illustrated)”, p.2107, Delphi Classics

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