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In a world torn by every kind of fundamentalism - religious, ethnic, nationalist and tribal - we must grant first place to economic fundamentalism, with its religious conviction that the market, left to its own devices, is capable of resolving all our problems. This faith has its own ayatollahs. Its church is neo-liberalism; its creed is profit; its prayers are for monopolies. Carlos Fuentes
religious feelings doubt
You must therefore zealously guard in his mind the curious assumption 'My time is my own'. Let him have the feeling that he starts each day as the lawful possessor of twenty-four hours. Let him feel as a grievous tax that portion of this property which he has to make over to him employers, and as a generous donation that further portion which h allows to religious duties. But what he must never be permitted to doubt is that the total from which these deductions have been made was, in some mysterious sense, his own personal birthright. C. S. Lewis
religious justice republic
If we accept the logic of the Declaration, reverence for God is not just a matter of religious faith, it is the foundation of justice and citizenship in our republic. Alan Keyes
religious inhumanity-to-man holocaust
We in the United States should be all the more thankful for the freedom and religious tolerance we enjoy. And we should always remember the lessons learned from the Holocaust, in hopes we stay vigilant against such inhumanity now and in the future. Charlie Dent
religious believe dogmatic
I am not religious in the dogmatic sense ... I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything. Charlie Chaplin
religious children men
That children shall be compelled to receive religious instruction which is in antagonism to the wishes of their parents, is what no man with say sense of justice would suggest. Charles Tupper
religious educational book
That text-books be permitted in Catholic schools such as will not offend the religious views of the minority, and which from an educational standpoint shall be satisfactory to the advisory board.
religious feelings atheism
I am without religious feeling. Charles Sumner
religious mistake apples
There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing. Charles de Lint
rights racism victory
The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything. Carol Moseley Braun
rights iraq records
What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.
rights world mirth
The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth. Agnes Repplier
rights order would-be
Our founders understood that divine authority was necessary in order to establish a ground on which the weak, the defenseless, the powerless, the poor and the wretched would be able to stand, in the face of every human power whatsoever, and demand respect for their human rights and dignity.
rights scary
Rights come from God and only from God.
rights forever poison
Unlawful pleasure, trenching on another's rights, is delusive and envenomed pleasure—its hollowness disappoints at the time, its poison cruelly tortures afterwards, its effects deprave forever. Charlotte Bronte
rights giving liberty
Give me the centralism of liberty; give me the imperialism of equal rights.
rights political essentials
In speaking of natural rights, therefore, it is essential to remember that these alleged rights have no political force whatsoever, unless recognized and enforced by the state. Charles Edward Merriam
rights words-of-wisdom dull
I'm awful dull, but I hope I've beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. And so GOD bless you, dear old Pip, old chap, GOD bless you! Charles Dickens
voting
We usually have four. The voting was so close, we went with all six. Frank Beamer
voting rare-moments needs
In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible. Caroline Kennedy
voting territory negative
If it were possible to take interest rates into negative territory I would be voting for that. Janet Yellen
voting machines computer
It's the concept of having a computer voting machine that bothers me, more so than the specific poor implementation that we have from Diebold. Avi Rubin
voting use paper
Many of the touted advantages of electronic voting can still be achieved with paper ballots if you use a computerized ballot marking scheme.
voting abuse problem
Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison. Bob Barr
voting-age people vietnam
I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there. Birch Bayh
voting slavery privilege
Is not the very beginning of privilege, monopoly and industrial slavery this erecting of the ballot-box above the individual? Benjamin Tucker
voting democracy return
Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns. Arlen Specter