Mike Heyd

“But what good is a mere gadget, no matter how novel or effective, against the creeping dry rot of intrenched hoggishness that has closed this world to honor and is now doing all in its power to sterilize it against ideas or any form of creative thought?”
― Sam Merwin Jr., The House of Many Worlds

“We have to see freedom as positive, as beginning from virtues, as shared among people, and as built into institutions.”
― Timothy Snyder, On Freedom

“we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, “that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.” The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right.”
― Christopher Burkett, 50 Core American Documents: Required Reading for Students, Teachers, and Citizens

“How’s this?” Benson asked, opening a door to reveal a huge room. The lights turned on, a soft white glow over the small space.”
― Nathan Hystad, Rift