William Ellery Channing Quote

"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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Categories:	Faith, Free Thought, Freedom, Individual Rights, Intelligence, Power, Vigilance
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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      2
I'm with Dick on this one. ;-)  -- E Archer, NYC
I'm also with Dick on his comment.  -- jim k, Austin
Dick, well said.  -- Mike, Norwalk
Hear, Hear, Dick.  -- Ronw13, Yachats Or

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