"I admitted, that the world had existed millions of years. I am astonished at the ignorance of the masses on these subjects. Hugh Miller has it right when he says that 'the battle of evidences must now be fought on the field of the natural sciences.'"

-- James A. Garfield

#Ignorance Quotes #Years Quotes #Battle Quotes

“If you make children happy now, you will make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it.”

Source : Kate Douglas Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1892). “Children's Rights: A Book of Nursery Logic”
“Is religion a force for good? The evidence of history and the evidence of current events cast doubt on the truism.”

Source : James A. Haught (1990). “Holy horrors: an illustrated history of religious murder and madness”
“Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?”
“American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions.”
“The Church exists to connect people at the level of their hunger for a new world.”
“Law cannot organize labor and industry without organizing injustice.”
“I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits.”
“Still, they were two thorns from the same thistle. Their tactics in terrorizing innocent ladies were identical. Their behavior was downright sinful, but what made it even worse was the fact that neither warrior seemed to realize the effect he had on others.”

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