"I call the mind free which jealously guards
its intellectual rights and powers,
which calls no man master,
which does not content itself
with a passive or hereditary faith..."
by:
William Ellery Channing
(1780-1842) American Unitarian preacher
Source:
Spiritual Freedom, 1830
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A quotation that accents the rare value of independent thought as opposed to the great majority of minds controlled by custom, the mass, the sheep-like obedience to faiths and politics laid down by ignorant and greedy humans of the past who profited from such blindness and whose progenitors continue to do so.
 -- Dick Trice, Fort Worth     
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    I'm with Dick on this one. ;-)
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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    I'm also with Dick on his comment.
     -- jim k, Austin     
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    Dick, well said.
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Hear, Hear, Dick.
     -- Ronw13, Yachats Or     
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