“We must face the fact that many today are notoriously careless in their living. This attitude finds its way into the church. We have liberty, we have money, we live in comparative luxury. As a result, discipline has disappeared. What would a violin solo sound like if the strings on the musician's instrument were all hanging loose, not stretched tight, not disciplined?” IfsWayFactsTodayChristianFacesSoundChurchResultsAttitudeLibertyDisciplineMusicianInstrumentsLuxuryStringsPreacherSoloCarelessViolin Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery.” MoneyLibertySlaveryInstrumentsStrive Book:The confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau, transl Source: The confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau, transl
“For in this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means for controlling peace. Naval officers must therefore understand not only how to fight a war, but how to use the tremendous power which they operate to sustain a world of liberty and justice, without unleashing the powerful instruments of destruction and chaos that they have at their command.” WorldMeanWarUseFightingJusticePowerfulLibertyModernDestructionInstrumentsChaosCommandOfficersWarfareNavyModern WorldNavalLiberty And JusticeWaging WarUnleashingUnited States Navy Author:Arleigh Burke
“Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. . . . . . . Prayer is the first and the last lesson in learning the noble and brave art of sacrificing self in the various walks of life culminating in the defence of one's nation's liberty and honour.” FirstsArtSelfActionLastsNationsPrayerWalksLibertySacrificeLessonsUnderstoodInstrumentsBraveVariousNobleHonourIdleAmusementDefenceOld WomanWalks Of Life Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers for their oppression ... it is a ... sacred obligation to their posterity to abolish such government, and create another in its stead.” PeopleHandsGovernmentEvilLibertyProtectInstrumentsSacredPropertyObligationOppressionRulersPosterityAbolish Author:Sam Houston
“Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects.” GivingGovernmentPoliticalLibertyPrinciplesSubjectsCitizensLimitsAuthorityFunctionConstitutionInstrumentsBroads Book:The Papers of Andrew Johnson: February-August 1867 Source: The Papers of Andrew Johnson: February-August 1867