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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates
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Quotations On Gun Control–Again!
StandardThe familiar refrain of sending “thoughts and prayers” by congress people who then do nothing about gun control after another massacre of innocents is sickening. It is time to love children more than guns.
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Senate Chaplain Barry Black prayed for legislative action on gun violence Tuesday morning, a day after three children and three adults were shot and killed at a Christian school in Nashville.
Through his prayer, Black urged legislators to “move beyond thoughts and prayers.”
During his prayer, Black said, “Remind our lawmakers of the words of the British statesman Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.” (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-senate-chaplain-prays-for-lawmaker-action-after-nashville-shooting)
“When a country with less than five percent of the world’s population has nearly half of the world’s privately owned guns and makes up nearly a third of the world’s mass shootings, it’s time to stop saying guns make us safer.”
“I only wish the NRA and its jellyfish, well-paid supporters in legislatures both State and Federal would be careful to recite the whole of it, and then tell us how a heavily armed man, woman, or child, recruited by no official, led by no official, given no goals by any official, motivated or restrained only by his or her personality and perceptions of what is going on, can be considered a member of a well-regulated militia.”
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“It is time to start referring to those members of Congress who oppose gun control as what they are–Pro Death of Children and Innocents. They are the toadies of the NRA and the gun lobby, and they must be voted out of office. The time to act is now.”
Charles F. French
Quotations on Freedom Of The Press
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“Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose”
George Orwell
“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Let us never forget that those who oppress freedom by attacking the freedom of the press are neither patriots nor lovers of democracy.”
Charles F. French
Creativity Quotations
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“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
Maya Angelou
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“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”
Albert Einstein
“Creativity takes courage.”
Henri Matisse
“Creativity is the expression of the human soul in the form of art. It brings meaning to our lives; creativity is essential to experiencing life in its fullest.”
Charles F. French
Quotations On Libraries
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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
Jose Luis Borges
“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”
Albert Einstein
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“A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library today.”
Stephen King
“Libraries are the democratization of knowledge. With only the need for a library card, anyone can access the information of the world.”
Charles F. French
Please Honor Martin Luther King Jr Day–2023
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Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and I would like to offer a few of this extraordinary American’s quotations as a tribute to him. He was one of the finest, most decent, and empathetic people in the history of the United States of America. We should all remember him and honor his teaching, his legacy, and his call for justice for everyone.
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
A Few Quotations on Justice
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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
Elie Wiesel
“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“An injustice to one person is a crime against everyone, and we must always try to achieve true justice in the world.”
Charles F. French
A Few Quotations on Kindness
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“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”
Dalai Lama XIV
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Let us spread kindness this time and every time of year.” Charles F. French
Education Quotations
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“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
Margaret Mead
“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”
Thomas Paine
“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
Plato
“Education is essential for the improvement of humanity, and it must continue throughout a person’s life. We are never too young nor too old to learn. We must embrace curiosity about the world around us, and we should learn every day of our lives.”
Charles F. French
A Few Quotations On Books
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”
Stephen King
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