“Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in.”
― Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life
― Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life
“The old saw that "sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never harm me" does not, in fact, hold true.”
― How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Every Day
― How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Every Day
“The true test of liberty is the right to test it, the right to question it, the right to speak to my neighbors, to grab them by the shoulders and look into their eyes and ask, “Are we free?” I have thought that if we are free, the answer cannot hurt us. And if we are not free, must we not hear the answer?”
― Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century
― Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century
“Love is how we feel toward those who show us that which is lovable about ourselves.”
― The Making of a Country Lawyer: An Autobiography
― The Making of a Country Lawyer: An Autobiography
“Children, as persons, are entitled to the greatest respect. Children are given to us as free-flying souls, but then we clip their wings like we domesticate the wild mallard. Children should become the role-models for us, their parents, for they are coated with the spirit from which they came- out of the ether, clean, innocent, brimming with the delight of life, aware of the beauty of the simplest thing; a snail, a bud....”
― Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century
― Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century
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