“Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens’ lives. Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons.” IfsWorldBelieveStillsStatesGovernmentHappensWishAbilityLibertyRiskSecurityCitizensTerribleIdealsClaimsAbsolutesSafetyWorthyThings HappenDefinedTerrible ThingsBlanketInterference Author:Ron Paul
“If you follow the will of God, you know that in spite of all the terrible things that happen to you, you will never lose a final refuge. You know that the foundation of the world is love, so that even when no human being can or will help you, you may go on, trusting in the One that loves you.” IfsKnowsWorldHumansMayHelpingHappensLosesHuman BeingsLove YouGoes OnTerribleCatholicFoundationFinalsGods WillSpiteRefugeTerrible Things Book:Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration Source: Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration
“What this country needs... what this great land of ours needs is something to happen to it. Something ferocious and tragic, like what happened to Jericho or the cities of the plain - something terrible I mean, son, so that when the people have been through hellfire and the crucible, and have suffered agony enough and grief, they’ll be people again, human beings, not a bunch of smug contented cows rooting at the trough.” PeopleNeedsHumansMeanHas BeensCountryEnoughHappensHuman BeingsGriefCitiesHappenedLandSonTerribleBunchTragicCowsAgonyCrucibleJerichoTrough Book:Set this House on Fire Source: Set this House on Fire
“I couldn't stop bawling, watching the towers come down. it was a terrible thing to happen. And a terrible thing to realize that I don't sit though the nigh crying when such horrors happen all the time.” HappensRealizingCryTerribleHorrorTowersTerrible Things Author:Randa Abdel-Fattah