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Saturday, January 27, 2024

Cease to be a moron, and other quotes

The posting of quotes by human authors does not constitute agreement with either the quotes or their sources. (I try to confirm the sources that I give, but may miss on occasion; please verify if possible.)

“It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a PhD will thereby cease to be a moron.” -- attributed to Henry Louis “H. L.” Mencken, but I have yet to find a source to confirm it

“The best way to defeat a bad thought is to replace it with a better thought.” -- Tommy Marshall

“If I hate sin because of the punishment, I have not repented of my sin, I merely regret that God is just.” -- attributed to Charles H. Spurgeon

“The sacred responsibility of a parent is to be willing to sacrifice their own comfort and goals for the welfare of their child; not to sacrifice the welfare of their child for themselves.” -- Lila Rose

“Gender can not be ‘assigned’ at birth or any other point in someone’s life. Gender is determined by the chromosomes you are given by God at conception.” -- Kellen McGovern Jones

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless.” - Thomas Jefferson

“Freedom sits there in judgment of you, and makes you feel extremely inadequate if you don’t have the values and skills necessary to thrive in freedom.” -- Shelby Steele

“A baby boy born in a stable…turned B.C. into A.D.” -- Joel Smallbone

“The truly emancipated man is not in bondage to his liberty.” -- F. F. Bruce

“This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.” Isaac Newton, The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

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