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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Rather right than consistent, and other quotes

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"I would rather be right, than consistent." -- J. M. Harlan

"I'd rather regret the things I've done than the things I haven't." -- copied (attributed to various persons on the internet, including Lucille Ball)

"In view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is colorblind and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens." -- J. M. Harlan

"Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation." -- William Wilberforce

"It must be conceded by those who admit the authority of Scripture, that from the decision of the word of God there can be no appeal." -- William Wilberforce

"The great heresy of the church today is that we think we’re in the entertainment business." -- Mike Livingstone

"I wonder what is must be to go up into the pulpit, and read somebody else’s sermon to the congregation. We read in the Bible of one thing that was borrowed, and the head of that came off; and I am afraid that the same thing often happens with borrowed sermons – the heads come off." -- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"A doctrine in regression quickly becomes an item of convenience." -- Chris Johnson

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