"Peoples, be peoples and others will respect you. Be courtiers and others will scorn you and it will be well deserved."

-- Louis-Joseph Papineau

#Wells Quotes #Courtiers Quotes #Scorn Quotes

“Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.”
“I would feel weird having someone style me. It would have to be a collaboration. I've had those experiences and every time it happens I don't feel good. What's the point of putting all this work into something and then when you present it, it's not you?”
“All over the world kids and women [are] getting killed right now over beliefs, this is silly to get angry over. If it bothers you just donâ€™t attend Iâ€™m down for anything positive but this doesnâ€™t affect our parties too much. Iâ€™m not the promoter, I actually had nothing to do with the rules being implemented, but I do agree with my team. And cause of who I am, Iâ€™m the de facto speaker. I have thick skin so u guys that consider yourself PLUR can attack me all you want it doesnâ€™t bother me. Iâ€™m just here for the music.”
“It's hard to look pleasant when anguish is present, and yet it is strictly worth while; Not all of your scowling and fussing and growling can show off your grit like a smile.”
“I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way”
“It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to distance ourselves from our own views, so that we can dispassionately search for prejudices among the beliefs and values we hold”
“How could the USA champion individual freedom in the world generally while denying it to an important minority in its own country.”

Source : "Civil Rights in the USA, 1863-1980". Book by David Paterson, Susan Willoughby, Doug Willoughby, 2001.
“Christianity was an epidemic rather than a religion. It appealed to fear, hysteria and ignorance. It spread across the Western world, not because it was true, but because humans are gullible and superstitious.”

Source : Colin Wilson (1971). “The Occult: A History”, Vintage

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