"The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoyin his."

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Source : London Punch Letters, No. 5, 1866.

Artemas Ward

#Land Quotes #Puritan Quotes #Despotism Quotes

“The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty - we all have it.”

Source : "Fictional Character: Libby Day". "Dark Places", www.imdb.com. 2015.
“As a child I was an inveterate liar. As opposed to now, I am a Novelist.”
“Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!”
“It is not a struggle merely of economic theories, or forms of government or of military power. At issue is the true nature of man. Either man is the creature whom the psalmist described as a little lower than the angels ... or man is a soulless, animated machine to be enslaved, used and consumed by the state for its own glorification. It is, therefore, a struggle which goes to the roots of the human spirit, and its shadow falls across the long sweep of man's destiny.”
“I never forget,â€ Myrnin said in a choked whisper. â€œCertainly not with your nails in my throat. Theyâ€™re quite an excellent mnemonic device.”
“I can certainly see how people are overcome by depression.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If there are two hundred people in a room and one of them doesn't like me, I've got to get out.”
“A family unity which is only bound together with a table-cloth is of questionable value.”

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