"The cause of freedom, in music as elsewhere, is now very nearly triumphant; but at a time when its adversaries were many and powerful, we can hardly imagine the sacred bridge of liberty kept by a more stalwart trio than Schubert the Armorer, Chopin the Refiner, and Liszt the Thunderer."

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Source : Hugh Reginald Haweis (1873). “Music and Morals”, p.298, London : Strahan

Hugh Reginald Haweis

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“The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster - especially if some nations are not democracies.”
“A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview.”
“Now, when I hear that Christians are getting together in order to defend the people of Israel, of course it brings joy to my heart. And it simply says, look, people have learned from history.”
“What do you mean you don't believe in homosexuality? It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary.”
“It's going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People's Park, all rolled into one.”
“If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued.”
“Aaron Spelling always had his finger on the pulse of pop culture, he knew what the public wanted to see. He was one of the most loyal men in this business and believed in me at a time in my career when no one else would.”
“How true it is that words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean.”

Source : Theodore Dreiser (2016). “Sister Carrie”, p.10, Theodore Dreiser

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