"Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to virtue. Where the routine is rigorously proscribed by law, the law, and not the man, must have the credit of the conduct."

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Source : William H. Prescott (2005). “The Conquests of Mexico And Peru”, p.819, Cosimo, Inc.

William H. Prescott

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“I think there was always something that everybody wishes they could relive in high school.”
“Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few.”

Source : "The Mythical End to the Politics of Fear" by Norman Solomon, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 24, 2006.
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“One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story.”
“All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speakâ€”and speak in such a way that people will remember it.”

Source : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Stanley Sadie, Fiona Smart (2016). “The Letters of Mozart and his Family”, p.749, Springer
“You make something. You give up expressing and start inventing.”
“The inevitable result of borrowed faith is lost faith. People born into a family anchored in Christendom tend to assume they're right with God, regardless of whether they personally turn from sin and trust in Jesus.”
“Canadians still spend so much time discussing what it means to be Canadian.”

Source : Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. October 14, 1998.

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