“God has so framed us as to make freedom of choice and action the very basis of all moral improvement, and all our faculties, mental and moral, resent and revolt against the idea of coercion.” IdeasActionChoicesMoralBasesImprovementFacultyCoercionRevoltResentFreedom Of ChoiceFramed Author:William Matthews
“The faculty of doubting is rare among men. A few choice spirits carry the germs of it in them, but these do not develop without training.” MenSpiritChoicesDoubtTrainingFacultyGerms Author:Anatole France
“If then, Moses so distinctly announces that there is in us not only a faculty, but also a facility for keeping all commandments, why are we sweating so much? ... What need is there now of Christ or of Spirit? We have found a passage that asserts freedom of choice, but also distinctly teaches that the keeping of the commandments is easy.” IfsNeedsSpiritChoicesFoundEasyChristTeachFacultyPassagesCommandmentsFacilityMosesFreedom Of ChoiceSweatingIf Then Author:Martin Luther
“That is not a just government where arbitrary restrictions, exemptions, and monopolies deny to part of its citizens that free use of their faculties, and free choice of their occupations.” UseGovernmentChoicesCitizensDenyFacultyOccupationArbitraryMonopolyRestrictionFree ChoiceExemption Book:Letters and Other Writings of James Madison Source: Letters and Other Writings of James Madison