“Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west.” IfsCountryMatterLawDesireChoicesViewsMajorityIntentionWestIranMonopolyBenignCondescending Author:Azar Nafisi
“The intention of this Book of The Law is perfectly simple. Whatever your sexual predilections may be, you are free, by the Law of Thelema, to the the star you are, to go your own way rejoicing.” WayMayBookLawStarsSimpleIntentionBe YouRejoiceThelema Book:The Commentaries of AL: Being the Equinox Volume V, No. 1 Source: The Commentaries of AL: Being the Equinox Volume V, No. 1
“By such literalism, fundamentalism, religions betrayed the best intentions of their founders. Reducing thought to formula, replacing choice by obedience, these preachers turned the living word into dead law.” LawChoicesIntentionObedienceFormulasPreacherFoundersFundamentalismBetrayedReducingBest Intentions Book:The Telling Source: The Telling
“But if one Subject giveth Counsell to another, to do anything contrary to the Lawes, whether that Counsell proceed from evil intention, or from ignorance onely, it is punishable by the Common-wealth; because igorance of the Law, is no good excuse, where every man is bound to take notice of the Lawes to which he is subject.” IfsMenLawEvilWealthCommonSubjectsIgnoranceIntentionBoundsExcuseContraryEvery Man Author:Thomas Hobbes
“America's Christian conservative movement is confronted with this divide: small-government advocates who want to practice their faith independent of heavy-handed government versus big-government sympathizers who want to impose their version of 'righteousness' on others through the hammer of law.... Our movement must avoid the temptations of power and those who would twist the good intentions of Christian voters to support policies that undermine freedom and grow government.” WantBigsGovernmentChristianAmericaLawGrowsPracticeSupportPolicyMovementIndependentIntentionConservativeHeavyVersionsTemptationRighteousnessVotersDividesVersusTwistsHammersGood IntentionsBig GovernmentSmall Government Author:Dick Armey
“If a man stopped me in the street and demanded of me my watch, I should refuse to give it to him. If he threatened to take it by force, I feel I should, though not a fighting man, do my best to protect it. If, on the other hand, he should assert his intention of trying to obtain it by means of an action in any court of law, I should take it out of my pocket and hand it to him, and think I had got off cheaply.” IfsThinkingMenGivingFeelsShouldTryingMeanHandsActionLawFightingForceWatchesStreetsProtectCourtIntentionRefusePocketsThreatened Book:Three Men on the Bummel Source: Three Men on the Bummel