Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession, and when the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

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Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.' -Bill Maher

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

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Just because you’re a Believer, doesn’t mean your safe from the Hell-fire.

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It’s not that I’m so smart. It’s just that I stay with problems longer. - Albert Einstein

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What on earth is modern exegesis up to? Oh, little lazy one! Some red wine and up! Off you go, brandishing your fork, stripped of Ophelia's useless ornaments, fire in your large nostrils, out to rake the muck of metaphors.

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Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back. ― Desmond Tutu

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In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

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Live your life. It’s yours anyway. Don’t try too hard. It’s okay to lose. ― Bangtan Boys, Fire

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You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.

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