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«The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted»
«The foolish and cruel notion that a wife is to obey her husband has sent more women to the grave than to the courts for a divorce.»
«The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval.»
«The feminist movement has helped open minds and kitchens to the notion that men can be at home on the range.»
«The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.»
«The notion of political correctness declares certain topics, certain expressions, even certain gestures, off-limits. What began as a crusade for civility has soured into a cause of conflict and even censorship.»
«The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.»
«The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate.»
«The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented»
«The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation, and experience merits everlasting pain, is too absurd for refutation, and can be relieved only by that unhappy mixture of insanity and ignorance called 'faith.'»

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