#ian

Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#born #cause #child #christian #compassion

Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls like Wesley, Wilberforce, Bonhoeffer, John Paul the Second, and Billy Graham. Each showed, in their own way, the relentless and powerful influence of the message of Jesus Christ. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#billy graham #christ #christianity #comfortable #complacent

Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#greatness #i #i wonder #liberal #politicians

Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#buy #favored #forced #join #members

Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#both #definition #directed #gays #great

At a time when nobody thought we'd ever see a new steel mill built in America, we took a chance and built one in a corn field in Indiana. Today Steel Dynamics is one of the largest steel producers in the United States. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#built #chance #corn #dynamics #ever

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#good #i #jazz #later #mainstream

Ian and Sylvia, who, when you got right down to it, were essentially country and western singers. I just recorded his Four Strong Winds. It's a wonderful song. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#down #essentially #four #got #his

Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to the book. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#book #cracks #end #go #grove

It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know. ↗

— Linda Ronstadt

#christian #cloud #concert #conflict #enjoyment