We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The pessimist reason that things just happen, where the optimist believe that things happen for a reason.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
We are able to persevere only because God works within us, within our free wills. And because God is at work in… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
A God out there and values out there, if they existed, would be utterly useless and unintelligible to us. There is nothing… — Don Cupitt Copy Share Image
I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
I assure you very explicitly, that in my opinion the conscientious scruples of all men should be treated with great delicacy and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My real purpose in telling middle-school students stories was to practice telling stories. And I practiced on the greatest model of storytelling… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Christ's divinity accounts for His exaltation to the right hand of God, justifies the worship of angels and the confidence of mankind.… — George C. Lorimer Copy Share Image
Black racism is a myth created by whites to ease their guilt feelings. As long as whites can be assured that blacks… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sustainability requires that we demand enduring quality. Steve Strong has a slide presentation pointing out that much of Oxford was built 800… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
the underlying struggle - between worlds of plenty and worlds of want; between the modern and the ancient; between those who embrace… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The chicken noticed that the farmer came every day to feed it. It predicted that the farmer would continue to bring food… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
That fact is that we live in an extremely violent culture, and we all justify violence if it's for what we believe… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
How, then, can the feds justify favoring sons of Hispanics over sons of white Americans who fought in World War II or… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Once we ask why it should be that all human beings - including infants, the intellectually disabled, criminal psychopaths, Hitler, Stalin, and… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
There are cases where the slave does not know his servitude and where it is necessary to bring the seed of his… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
People use ideas of non-duality as an escape from reality. It is very easy to say there is no winning and losing… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Islam in its origins is just as shady and approximate as those from which it took its borrowings. It makes immense claims… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
As Elders we have great respect for all religions and traditions as important forces that bind people together. Faith and tradition provide… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
The primary theory embraced by the Bush administration to justify its War on Terror policies was that the 'battlefield' is no longer… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
What our view of the effectiveness of religion in history does at once make evident as to its nature is--first, its necessary… — William Ernest Hocking Copy Share Image
A mother is willing and capable of doing anything for her children. You can justify it if you do something for your… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image