“I have never in my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless I won.” WarDesireHistoryTakenAliveBattleCommandCivil WarAmerican Civil War Author:Philip Sheridan
“What finally emerges from the 'clear and present danger' cases is a working principle that the substantive evil must be extremely serious and the degree of imminence extremely high before utterances can be punished...It must be taken as a command of the broadest scope that explicit language, read in the context of a liberty-loving society, will allow.” EvilLanguageJusticeLibertyPrinciplesCasesTakenClearDangerSeriousDegreesConstitutionCommandScopeUtteranceExplicit Author:Hugo Black
“The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command.” PeopleKnowsJesusChristChurchTeachIssuesTakenClearTeachingExampleSeriousContemporaryCommandCurseBlessRelevantSerious IssuesContemporary Life Author:Dallas Willard