"For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature of things. It is as absurd as it would be to declare truth to be a falsehood, or falsehood a truth."

-- Lysander Spooner

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“Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen. Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians.”
“To be a person is to have a story to tell.”
“We had to do something at [a festival in Washington, D.C.]. I remember Chris Martin, by then we all knew him, there were certain people who were regulars. He would say, "Oh, my God, you guys, I think I'm going to throw up." It was a daytime festival, and they went on right after some really heavy band, and he was saying, "I don't think I can do this. I think I'm going to throw up." He was in the bathroom thinking he was going to be sick. He said, "They're going to hate us." In fact, they hated them. They hated Coldplay - did not go over well. His instincts were correct.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I realize I'm a free spirit. I like to be happy. I have to have more control of my happiness.”
“If Christianity were only a development, then Christ was not needed. If Christianity were only a scheme of morals, then the divine incarnation was a thing superfluous.”

Source : Herrick Johnson (1881). “Christianity's Challenge: And Some Phases of Christianity Submitted for Candid Consideration”
“We kind of knew what they were doing. They brought pressure on the side with (Troy) Polamalu. The way that they played the coverage was a little unique. Again, I ve just got to do a better job than that.”
“I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've got a right to say what I believe”
“Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.”

Source : "Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos" edited by Carlos Ripoll, 1994.

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