"All freedoms provided by democracy are for those who believe in it. Can the rights and freedoms of millions of virtuous people who believe in democracy be safeguarded if those who seek to destroy it abuse rights and freedoms to achieve their goals?"

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Source : "TURKEY: An Uneasy Honeymoon" by William E. Smith, content.time.com. September 29, 1980.

Kenan Evren

#Believe Quotes #Rights Quotes #People Quotes

“Again, the glory of one attribute is more seen in one work than in another: in some things there is more of His goodness, in other things more of His wisdom is seen, and in others more of His power. But in the work of redemption all His perfections and excellencies shine forth in their greatest glory.”

Source : Thomas Boston (1848). “The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick”, p.158
“The phrase 'teen hottie' literally makes me want to throw up. I'm a pop princess at heart. Pop is about distilling what you want to say and making it easy. And the way I write isn't about making things easy. It's a weird juxtaposition.”
“Time spent in prayer is never wasted.”
“The on and off thing is kind of annoying, isn't it? First with Cole, now with Gavin. "Maybe you need a tune up." I rolled my eyes. "I'll just pop into the supernatural ability repair shop sometime tomorrow." He grinned, his fingers tracing the line of my jaw.”
“Schiaparelli’s collaborations with Dali and Cocteau as well as Prada’s Fondazione Prada push art and fashion ever closer, in a direct, synergistic, and culturally redefining relationship.”

Source : "Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada at The Met" by Evelyne Politanoff, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2012.
“Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses”

Source : Bayard Taylor (1875). “Home Pastorals, Ballads and Lyrics”, p.162
“How could anything so sublimely complicated not be the simple answer?”

Source : John Diamond (2001). “Snake Oil and Other Preoccupations”, Random House
“If I'm going to be a leader then I have to go places that other people are afraid to go to. That's what makes a leader. To be not afraid to step out and go over the frontline. To stare darkness right in the face.”

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