"You live in a society that is shaped in every possible way by the Bible. The language you use, the laws you obey (and disobey), the founding principles of your nation, the disputes about abortion, homosexuality, adultery - these and so much else in your world are rooted in the Bible. You don't have to read it for its truth value. You should read it to understand how your world got the way it is, the way you would read the constitution or Shakespeare."

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Source : "Biblically Speaking". Online chat, www.slate.com. March 4, 2009.

David Plotz

#Law Quotes #Abortion Quotes #Principles Quotes

“The plea for the predominance of learning to read in early school life because of the great importance attaching to literature seems to be a perversion.”
“We all want the freedom to make our own decisions.”

Source : "Exclusive Q&A with Shark Tank's Investors". Interview with Jennifer Wang, www.entrepreneur.com. November 30, 2012.
“And suddenly, like light in darkness, the real truth broke in upon me; the simple fact of Man, which I had forgotten, which had lain deep buried and out of sight; the idea of community, of unity.”

Source : Ernst Toller (1934). “I was a German: the autobiography of Ernst Toller”
“It is not a sin to introduce a personal bias that can be recognized and discounted. The sin in historical composition is the organization of the story in such a way that bias cannot be recognized.”
“because the hardest boss a man can ever have is himself.”
“Sang in tones of deep emotion Songs of love and songs of longing.”
“I know when to say no and when to say yes. I take responsibility for my choices. The victim? She went somewhere else. The only one who can truly victimize me is myself, and 99 percent of the time I choose to do that no more. But I need to continue to remember the key principles: boundaries, letting go, forgiveness after feeling my feelingsâ€”not before, self-expression, loving others but loving myself, too.”
“Marriage equality is "a threat to the nation's survival in the long run."”

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